Sun may be wonderful, but a rain soaked Yosemite can be just as productive photographically. I shot this mysterious image only a few minutes before we left Yosemite. We had enjoyed a two-day stretch of beautiful autumn light, which was ended abruptly by this onrushing storm. Flat light gray skies can produce richly saturated fall colors and I emphasize them in this view of the Merced River taken from the Stoneman Bridge. I also used the awesome column of low hanging clouds as an abstracting tool. They partially obscure the powerful diagonal created by the forested hillside in the background, and create a sense of power and mystery. Abstraction can bring mysterious thoughts to mind, and this image is no exception. Many years ago, Albert Einstein said “the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science.” Weather is science, and art is expressed through landscape photography. This image draws on the mystery of nature at work upon the land, which is what landscape photography should be all about.