Fading Storm Clouds Over Mt. Diablo

Posted by
Barbara Lee (Oakland, United States) on 2 December 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

One of the best things about this time of year in the Bay Area is that we get clouds! A brief storm passed through last week. I drove down the road to a viewpoint eastward to Mt. Diablo, the highest mountain top in the east bay area. I was hoping to catch the reflected sunset, but was still pretty happy to get some dramatic clouds. I need to watch for the sunsets more carefully and get in position earlier. This vista is only a 7 minute drive from my front door in the Oakland hills.

NIKON D90 3/5 seconds F/16.0 ISO 320 84 mm (35mm equiv.)

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Comments (8)

SOUL AFLAME from The bosom of Mother Nature, United Kingdom

Brooding and magnificent with such ominous clouds and glorious colouration

2 Dec 2009 12:21pm

john4jack from Corvallis, Oregon, United States

Fabulous capture. Dramatic sky. Very well done.

2 Dec 2009 4:50pm

Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom

This does have a menace about it Barbara.

2 Dec 2009 5:30pm

Mirza Ahmad from Thames Ditton, United Kingdom

Nice, trust you avoided the rain?

2 Dec 2009 8:58pm

DarkElf from Perth, Australia

beautiful dark and dramatic landscape! great light to emphasise the darkish mood and i like how the land below is very sharp and well defined...

3 Dec 2009 12:49am

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

Love the atmosphere, great photo!

3 Dec 2009 3:10am

David from Detroit, United States

A wonderful landscape photo. The sky is fantastic.

3 Dec 2009 9:45pm

Scott F. Schilling from San Martin, United States

I think we live in such a fantastic area with incredible light - this is awesome and makes me feel right at home!

5 Dec 2009 6:10am

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NIKON D90
3/5 seconds
F/16.0
ISO 320
84 mm (35mm equiv.)

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