The -- Mostly -- Desert Scene

This is the view out the window of the master bedroom and bath of my house:

To me, this is the perfect desert scene. The sky isn't usually this cloudy in Tucson, but it does make a nice black and white transformation:

And if you stop partway through the transformation, you'll get what looks to me like an "old time" effect:

The colors aren't as saturated, but it has a nice feel.