I like weather. Sounds kinda funny, but here in Phoenix there usually ain't much. Absolutely love lightning/ thunder storms, even when they wake me up at night. So the monsoon season is winding down here in the valley, so I was happy to see an unexpected storm this week. Rain on a 45° angle, and pea-to-marble sized hail, all while the sun was shining brightly on me.
My intent was to pop up to this short mountain that I know of at 47th Ave and the 101 and snap a couple pictures. It overlooks the North valley, so I needed to climb it to get to the proper vantage point. Not a bad sunset:
Although the lightning storm that developed was really fun. This was the storm that hailed on me earlier, and now it was lightning-ing all over the area NorthWest of the valley. I snapped dozens of photos, but only a couple turned out fairly okay.
I did learn quite a bit about shooting this sort of thing at night. Hopefully, I can apply this to the next time something like this comes up. I also need to buy a better flashlight for the camera bag. Coming back down the mountain wasn't too much fun, but a couple skinned knuckles are worth it to me. Leah might not agree with that (and she's probably right), although I enjoyed the experience.
