OK... this was taken on the same trip as my ID was taken on... and just to explain what happened... I was experimenting with some new techniques (mainly stacking the IR filter with a circular polarizer) and I wasn't too happy with the results. The colors came out a little funky and the longer shutter speed required created a little blur in foilage... but hey, I guess thats the price that you pay for experimenting right? This and my ID are the two pieces that I tried to salvage.

I'm mainly posting this one because I thought the sky was so dark and stormy... I just couldn't pass it up, I'm a sucker for weather like this. This day the thunder was so loud that it was echoing through the mountains... it was an feast for the ears... I kind of wish I could put sound clips up along with the picture.

These mountains are the Superstition Mountains in Arizona(hence the title)... the mountain itself has quite some interesting backstory surrounding it... this is taken from wikipedia:


"...some Apaches believe that the hole leading down into the lower world is located in the Superstition Mountains. Winds blowing from the hole are supposed to be the cause of severe dust storms. The Peralta Stones were discovered near the Superstition Wilderness and appear to contain a cryptic treasure map, although their authenticity is doubted by many researchers."

Pretty cool huh?

Anyway, all input, comments, 's are welcome... and I do personally have some things that I'd like to redo about this photo... but the damn thing with nature is that these kinds of clouds don't come around every day.