Returning to Mexico City Sunday night we found heavy showers and vast pools of standing water laying about the Circuito Interior. Monday brought no change, only a chill to go with the damp. Oddly, this is actually something I enjoy in Mexico City, where you seldom find any hint of the change in season, other than a slowing in the frequency of the wet season's rain bursts. Our altitude can make for some pretty intense cloud formations and when they finally break after a prolonged soaking, you can see some pretty wonderful views thanks to the mountains and volcanoes ringing the city. This shot of the two volcanoes, with Popo to the right steaming away happily, was taken around 4pm Tuesday afternoon and you can see the impact of the chill by the snow that's fallen on the peaks. For a moment, with the old castle in the foreground and the lush green of Chapultepec Park, you could be forgiven this was a border city in France or Spain. Almost! This time the 5D Mk II was on a tripod, with a 100mm attached shooting at 1/40sec and f/16.
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