I am lucky to live in Dehradun, where I have just the opposite: 250 to 300-plus days of sunshine. But from a photographer’s standpoint, the word “lucky” can be deceiving. If my pursuit is Nature, I’m ecstatic if I’m bestowed crisp, bright mornings or afternoons of sunbathing my subject in warm golden light. But from a landscape photographer’s viewpoint, things are different. Where’s the drama in the light? Where’s the mood? Where’s the colour? Since cloudy or severe, clear blue sky days are more the norm; I welcome days of fog, mood, haunting skies and drama with open arms. The rarity of these conditions allows landscape photographs to stand apart from those made under “ordinary” conditions. After the rains, I took this photo from my phone camera in Dhanulty, Uttarakhand.
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