Merced National Wildlife Refuge Sunset
My whole purpose on this trip was to get a great sunset from the Merced NWR. Well, it didn't go exactly as planned. Mother Nature had other ideas with this night and she brought in a storm. It sprinkled on me while I was taking this picture, but later the rain really came down. Instead of amazing colors at sunset, I got an amazing sky to work with.
You can stay here until 30 minutes after sunset and then they close the gate that allows access to the area. I stayed until a few minutes after the sun set hoping for more color in the sky, but I never got it. I quickly packed up everything and made it out of the gate before they shut it. This was the best effort of the night facing the West. I posted another sunset pic from this day facing East that has better color.
Merced National Wildlife Refuge Sunset
My whole purpose on this trip was to get a great sunset from the Merced NWR. Well, it didn't go exactly as planned. Mother Nature had other ideas with this night and she brought in a storm. It sprinkled on me while I was taking this picture, but later the rain really came down. Instead of amazing colors at sunset, I got an amazing sky to work with.
You can stay here until 30 minutes after sunset and then they close the gate that allows access to the area. I stayed until a few minutes after the sun set hoping for more color in the sky, but I never got it. I quickly packed up everything and made it out of the gate before they shut it. This was the best effort of the night facing the West. I posted another sunset pic from this day facing East that has better color.