Here's some side-by-sides from Texas Xmas. I'm still sorting through these things.  Not all of the images I have are this gothic or grey or foreboding (I was truly very happy to be out there seeing and shooting the things I saw, really beautiful things -could be the Norwegian coming through), these just happen to be ones shot on the grey days that I was there. I have others with sun, really. The flat light was wonderful actually for clarifying color or planes/space in many cases. The drought there, and beyond, is serious however. Top two are of a stock tank, the lower one of a seasonal creek that had ran due to recent, welcomed rain.  The colors and texture I can't even touch on here, really stunning the water's cool, pale aqua coloring to the limestone creek bed.

Those "ambro-pours" of yours Mike are a great addition.