- The San Rafael Ranch is near this location.
- South of here is a great monument in Lochiel to Fray Marcos de Niza, one of the oldest documented sites where the Spanish crossed into Arizona in 1539!!! This early date amazes me.
San Rafael Valley, Arizona
A brilliant skyscape just after the rains and overcast sky suddenly disappeared in the late afternoon. This was taken in the San Rafael Valley of southern Arizona. This place is about 10 miles north of Lochiel, close to the border with Mexico.
Without a wide-angle lens, I would not have been able to capture this scene. Now that I see what an inexpensive lens can do, I want that Canon 10-22mm wide angle lens even more. I'm waiting for that bluebird of happiness to drop about $700 on me. I may be waiting a long, long time for that bird.
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Antonia Dordea, Don Iannone, fouramjava, Daniel Greene, and 44 other people added this photo to their favorites.
werewegian (39 months ago | reply)
This is lovely. I want a wide-angle lens too but for the Olympus they are very expensive. I may have to check out the second hand market.
SivamDesign (39 months ago | reply)
Magnificent capture.......
I saw this photo in the Beautiful Clouds pool.
Rob Millenaar (39 months ago | reply)
I just love that sky...
Claudecf (39 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
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Don Iannone (39 months ago | reply)
Beautiful. This is what I have always loved about the West and Arizona in particular -- the vast skies.
fouramjava (39 months ago | reply)
The view is outstanding, BJ! Seems like you could touch the clouds they are so low. It's a great pic!
You really need another one?!?!?! LOLOL
jmbs2005 (39 months ago | reply)
Big sky - I love this shot! Looks GORGEOUS larger
mark willocks (39 months ago | reply)
Those skies - that's the memory!!!
suertudo (39 months ago | reply)
deep deep envy
its "San Rafael" btw
there is photostitch software everywhere, it may even be a part of the software you got with the 40d ... line up a few pics and have the software stitch them together....
gwilmore (39 months ago | reply)
What lens did you use for this, and how much does it cost? I'm wondering if Nikon has something similar.
zyrcster (39 months ago | reply)
Great one -- great big sky. You really did the clouds justice.
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tricherson (39 months ago | reply)
The color of the sky and the clouds are beautiful, but it's the depth that is outstanding. It gives the illusion that you could walk into the picture.
Jim Purcell (39 months ago | reply)
beautiful
cobalt123 (39 months ago | reply)
Mark was my traveling buddy this trip out, and he will eventually post great skyscapes too. Truly a magical time in a magical place i love to visit several times a year.
@Garry - Sigma lens listed in tags and it was about $250. I really like having a wide-angle lens now but a tripod is pretty much mandatory and I did not use one on this outing.
Thanks to all for stopping by today!
Frédérique Calloch (39 months ago | reply)
très jolie photo!
cobalt123 (39 months ago | reply)
Here's another website with Patagonia information - am now reading Jim Harrison's novel called True North, he's a resident and the quote from him about the area is that it is "preposterously beautiful". Agreed!
www.sangres.com/arizona/places/santacruz/pata gonia.htm
kevin dooley (39 months ago | reply)
freakin great sky
lidia.g (39 months ago | reply)
amazing, almost 3-dimensional ;-)
tacitpixel (39 months ago | reply)
Brilliant skyscape is right.
89AKurt (39 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot, nice to see clear air.
Funkmania (39 months ago | reply)
Beauty
Al_HikesAZ (39 months ago | reply)
Beautiful. Wide open spaces and skies. Thanks for sharing this. Brings back memories. You'll have to get back here during the monsoon. Ghost Riders in the Sky was written by a cowboy from east of here down Douglas way - Stan Jones.
monika & manfred (39 months ago | reply)
So beautiful...
idg (39 months ago | reply)
great clouds - clean and fresh
3-2-1 pool
Jenny [TIME for BABY] (39 months ago | reply)
so beautiful! Love it at the first sight!
khosey1 (39 months ago | reply)
Fabulous clouds. Wow.
T Glow (39 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful sky.....................great landscape !!
Artista (39 months ago | reply)
Love, love, love this sky !!!
caddymob (39 months ago | reply)
I've been longing for that bird for quite a while myself... If he swings by, send him my way :)
yeoldeblackhippie (39 months ago | reply)
beautiful
Frédérique Calloch (39 months ago | reply)
un ciel merveilleux, j'aime ce cadrage!
ziwc (39 months ago | reply)
wau ... this looks endless.
irinsmith (39 months ago | reply)
maybe that bird has relatives and could have a fly-by party and pass by my place too! I want a real camera.
This is so beautifu with the miminalism of color blocking:Whites, blues, earthy tones...love the enitre scape.
APizm (37 months ago | reply)
This pictures captures one of my favorite things about Southern Arizona. Wide open spaces. Whoever says the Big Sky is up North has never seen Southern Arizona. Great Capture.
Jim Purcell (37 months ago | reply)
Nice......
pohuman (37 months ago | reply)
Beautiful shot!
nisswa_mike (36 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Everything Arizona! (please join), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
coffeedog (35 months ago | reply)
Very beautiful
wilfy2007 (35 months ago | reply)
lovely.
ScenicSW (29 months ago | reply)
Excellent!
ScenicSW (29 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Arizona Sky, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
ScenicSW (29 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called SOUTHWEST SKYSCAPES, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Anastasia Fiske (27 months ago | reply)
I like your lens...
saxophonehero [deleted] (21 months ago | reply)
I love how you really captured the endless feel of the sky out there!
RandySV (8 months ago | reply)
well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!