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Clouds are a love of mine, as you can see in this gallery of my photographs.

And “Dawn and Dusk”? Some of the good folks on Fine Art America have liked my photos along that theme. More than 15 of my photos have been featured on the pages of FAA’s Dawn and Dusk group.

When it was needed most because of wild fire in Arizona, the monsoon arrived. This is often visible at dawn and dusk. Shot with 12-40mm f2.8 II on an OM-1 Mark II, ISO 800 1/1000s f/5, focal distance 12mm, July 21, 2026, 5:23 a.m.

Mammatus clouds often accompany severe storms. I escaped the thunderstorm and its quarter-sized hail, while friends had their plants crushed. Shot taken with same lens (12-40) and body (OM-1). ISO 800 1/1600s f/6.3, focal distance 12mm.

I am not sure these were mammatus clouds, but some of the photos of such clouds on the web—like these two pages— look like the clouds in my photo:

1) North Texas, by Matilda Preisendorf, June 3, 2024

2) Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by Brandon Libby, story published on August 7, 2023,

Best wishes to you, art / photography lovers!