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Rain in the Desert

cherylcolan — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:53:59 +0000

Awhile back we had one of those days so rare in the Sonoran desert, the kind where it rains lightly all day long. Those are the days when it seems like father sky is at his most tender, lingering for long slow kisses with mother earth. These special days are infused with an extra vividness of color, like when you find a rock in the riverbed that looks so beautiful in the water. When it’s dry, the colors lose depth, and when wet, they shine. I love days like these.

I shot this footage on Friday, February 15 and am just getting around to posting it. I’m so glad that with video, it’s never too late to share a beautiful day.

in local news …

cherylcolan — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:06:35 +0000

I think the sky was more interesting than the possible terrorist threat of nuclear explosion.

Custom Color for What We Found

cherylcolan — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:34:17 +0000

I updated the graphics and color scheme for What We Found by using the deadly Color Palette Generator at DeGraeve.com.

To use it, you give it the URL of any image on the web. Then you click the Color-Palette-ify button and it generates both a dull and vibrant palette for you by sampling colors from the image. It freaking rocks.

In my case, I gave it the URL of my own photograph, hosted on Flickr. But you can use any image you can find. So go find a beautiful picture, and generate your own color palette.