{"id":8297,"date":"2019-04-07T20:26:25","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/?p=8297"},"modified":"2019-04-07T20:26:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:26:31","slug":"big-skies-and-weather-on-the-eastern-plains-wk-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchgrun.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/07\/big-skies-and-weather-on-the-eastern-plains-wk-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Skies And Weather On The Eastern Plains — wk 15"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Clouds, rain and storms were forecast yesterday for the Eastern Plains. So I headed out towards Bennett and was not disappointed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0019-Approaching-Storm-CR-162\"
Approaching Storm, CR 162.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I made several images along County Road 162, hoping to capture big skies and weather. This was what I came for!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0007-Sky-And-Trees-CR-162\"
Sky And Trees, CR-162.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Nearby, there were trees in a gully just below the ridge line. A monochrome image did justice to this image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0011-Trees-Below-The-Ridge-Line\"
Trees Below The Ridge Line.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After passing through Kiowa, I headed south. There were many snow banks remaining from the winter storms in the shaded north facing slopes in this area. There is bridge over Bijou Creek where I stopped. The blue and white cloudy sky was reflected in the running water of the creek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0025-West-Bijou-Creek-CR-102\"
West Bijou Creek, CR-102.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Earlier in the day, I had seen some image with ICM (intentional camera movement). ICM generally works best with low light levels. This allows long shutter speeds to be achieved without filters. In this case, I stopped the aperture down and panned the camera horizontally for this image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0034-Eastern-Plains-Horizon-Blur\"
Eastern Plains Horizon Blur.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was getting late in the day, so I turned back towards Kiowa. While driving, the sun dropped below the clouds to reveal a fabulous sunset just before I reached the water tower for Kiowa. The tower is located on high ground. From this point, one can see the Rocky Mountains on the horizon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0045-Kiowa-Water-Tower\"
Kiowa, Water Tower.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I had a choice of two routes back home; west through Kiowa facing direct sun or north to Bennett. So it was north. After a few minutes driving, I was rewarded with clouds lit by the setting sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0051-Setting-Sun-Lighting-Up-The-Clouds-Kiowa\"
Setting Sun Lighting Up The Clouds, Kiowa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After making this image, I turned around. By this time, the sun was lighting up another cloud bank on the east.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2307-0057-Facing-The-Sunset\"
Facing The Sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Spectacular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clouds, rain and storms were forecast yesterday for the Eastern Plains. So I headed out towards Bennett and was not disappointed. I made several images along County Road 162, hoping to capture big skies and weather. This was what I came for! Nearby, there were trees in a gully just below the ridge line. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[995,1584,126,90,991,1585,1586,88,27,181,460],"class_list":["post-8297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-project52","tag-bennett","tag-big-skies","tag-clouds","tag-creek","tag-eastern-plains","tag-icm","tag-kiowa","tag-storm","tag-sunset","tag-tower","tag-weather"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t