One of the things I really, really miss about the Southwest--besides my family, the food and the mountains--are the blue skies. The skies in the Midwest are always washed out. You need a polarizer on your camera lens to bring out the blue in them. If you use a polarizer out there, you create blue skies that turn almost black when you convert an image to black and white. Perhaps it's the difference in altitude (4000+ feet out there) and the moisture in the air here that washes them out here. Whatever the case, I really miss those blue skies.
I'd also forgotten how far you can drive without seeing another soul. Hillsboro is about 2-3 hours from where I was staying. We made our way out there early one Sunday morning and this is what I was treated to:
Miles and miles of nothing but blue skies and open road. Once in awhile we'd see another car but mostly it was just us on the road.
I think this trip cemented my desire to go back there to live.
1 comment:
I love this shot. You are right about the blue skies. I haven't tried using the polarizing lens, although I do have one. Need to remember to do that.
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