Natural Watercolors
Spain is a land of sayings and one of the most truthful sayings, it is he who says that after the storm comes calm.
Spring is usually a season that often startles people with unexpected storms, perhaps to make sense, too, of the vital need of the fields, the water, which farmers receive and thank, and what they say that comes to them as May water.
Being surprised by a sudden storm, although it may seem an unpleasant inconvenience in certain aspects, also has its advantages, since it seems that when the sun manages to free itself from the veil imposed by the clouds, it does so with a renewed force, offering such a special light that affects the landscape, that for a moment you have the curious feeling of being immersed in an impressionist painting of the first magnitude.
It is very possible, moreover, that painters like Vincent van Gogh used this type of experience to give the colors of their watercolors an amazing vitality, capable of exerting a fascinating magnetism on the person or people who contemplate it.
In this sense, the old Castilian fields of a community like Soria, are an excellent example for experimentation and to understand, incidentally, when you have the opportunity to see, in addition, an old Romanesque hermitage, of that ancient and traditional association between the men and the environments on which they settle.
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Stunning!
I love storm lighting, actually. Some of my most brilliant pre-digital photos were obtained, crouched under an umbrella during a thunderstorm.
In Spain we have a saying: after the storm, calm comes. It is precisely at those moments, when the light could be said to acquire a certainly glorious hue and when you can get some great photographs. Thank you so much for your visit and your comment.
Very beautiful photography @juancar347! I really love seeing the
dolmen stones! The colors are outstanding with the light and storm clouds! :-)
Storms always provide a very special light, at intervals when the rain ceases and the sun seeps through the clouds. These kinds of effects were well known, especially by painters of all time and some, like certain sunsets, received names like 'breaking of glory'. This resource was even used by El Greco in many of his paintings. Therefore, when you are lucky enough to find yourself in certain places, with a camera in your hand, the photographs usually show a very specific light and above all, very special. Thank you very much for your comment.