Blue Skies Over Pueblo (After the Rain)

Blue Skies Over Pueblo (After the Rain)
Originally uploaded by randubnick.

I took this picture several years ago in Pueblo, Colorado. I was visiting and went to see some old familiar places with my aunt. This is a view of the mountains from the college just outside of town. It was summer, late afternoon, and of course, it rained. As the sky cleared, I took this photo. This is the view of the mountains that I had growing up. Tonight I cropped this image out of the original photo. (There was too much clutter in the foreground, and an unfortunate bush in the wrong place. . .hmm, no pun intended.) Anyway. The composition looked better, so I opened the image in Painter IX, and used some digital chalk to clean up a few little distractions against the green at the bottom of the picture. I also noticed traces of raindrops against the sky; the lens must have gotten wet in the thunderstorm. I was going to use Painter IX to remove them. But then I decided to leave the raindrops alone; they belong there. The rain is part of the picture.