Afternoon Storm Descending on the Absaroka Mountains

After a morning of fishing around Brooks Lake in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming, a summer afternoon storm started to roll in. Right on cue when you are in the mountains this time of year. I took this image right before it thundered and hailed for a bit while I comforted my cowering dog in the car until the thunder stopped.

I’ve been drawn toward black and white images more than I have been in past, which may have something to do with my changing mood as I am writing the first drafts of my masters thesis. I enjoy how they seem to be based more on how you want to express the feeling and mood of the scene or emphasize form and patterns more instead letting the color form the patterns. Nature doesn’t need color to still be beautiful.