Las Cienegas Nat’l Conservation Area.

I drove out to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in hopes of grabbing some lightning shots over the open ‘prairies’ in the area. I find the area around Sonoita and Elgin so enjoyable because it reminds me so much of the flat landscape out on the Great Plains. Mother Nature decided to take her storms further south, so I just took a bunch of shots in the area. I met another photographer (@jessemophoto on Instagram) and we had a very pleasant conversation. I’m pleased with these shots. There’s no post editing, and they’re a mix of using my Leica Lux 4 and the No Fusion camera app on my iPhone 16 Pro. And when I got home, I arrived just in time to see the latest Space X launch from Vandenberg AFB in California.