Snow? Rain? Who Knows?

But whatever comes our way tomorrow through Saturday, it's imminent approach is certainly producing some spectacular sunsets. The above shot doesn't begin to do justice to the view tonight. I'll do some more work on these to see if I can bring things out a little better but underlying the rim-lit cloud formations the fog in the intervening valley was turning pink along with the changing light from the setting sun.

The prettier the sky, the wetter the storm? Dunno, but depending on where the storm ends up sitting off the coast we could be in for something over four inches before Saturday gives up the ghost. (Anyone know why this blog is turning into a weather forecast review? Beats me, and I write it.)

Sunset Cruise

Processed a few more shots from Alaska and started to try some processing in the LAB space in Photoshop instead of the RGB. It seems very powerful on a particular kind of image (canyons and sunsets so far!) and I'm reading a book on these techniques to try and better understand the what/where and why. Anyway, here's one to be going on with.