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Went to a Beach at Phillip Island that we had not yet explored to catch the sunset. Not another person about. It was golden. A combination of 5 bracketed images as the sun was so bright.
Title borrowed from a most, underrated singer-songwriter Mr Warren Zevon.
We were able to re-schedule our trip to Milford Sound for this morning.
Milford Sound is one of the wettest places in the world. The annual rainfall is 6412 mm. They have had one months average rainfall in two days-lucky us!
All that water makes for a spectacular sight. Truly memorable. It meant for very quick snapping when possible. I have put a sepia wash over this one. The day was very much black and white.
Castle Hill Lighthouse is situated on the Narragansett Bay in Newport, Rhode Island. This majestic sentinel is still an active navigational aid for ships using passage between Conanicut Island and Aquidneck Island.
I’ve visited this location many times hoping to get just the right shot. This time I had great cloud cover but I still think it needs to be framed differently to show its real appeal.
I’m still working on color correction with the Lee Big Stopper. The Little Stopper might be a better choice in future because it will allow you to make more exposures when the light diminishes and apparently the color cast is less noticeable.
Rest assured, I’ll revisit this location again very soon, hopefully with a less amateur image produced.
When I looked out the window this morning I knew I had to go outside despite the strong wind and cold, to take pictures of these beautiful colors. Usually sunsets have this color palette, while dawns are much softer colors.
This year the FFF+ have decided to have a monthly challenge called "Freestyle On The Fifth" (FOTF).
This month it was Margaret’s turn to choose the theme, and she chose “Sunset”.
This image was taken on the evening of my Mangrove tree expedition. On the return from Coronet Bay, we stopped for ice-cream at Tooradin where the river meets the sea. I was kind of hinting at hanging around for sunset but everyone was tired. The stupid sunset app predicted a 6 (out of 10) so I felt O.K about heading home and missing it. Around sunset I was looking out the car window and congratulating myself on the sensible decision of putting my family first. The sky looked uneventful. I closed my eyes to relax for a few minutes when the eye-roller said look at the sky now and started snapping away with her phone. I had that sinking feeling you get when you miss the opportunity for a shot when I realised we were not too far from the turn off to Westgate Park. Would I make it on time ? I asked if everyone was O.K with the detour. They were. Phew. So within five minutes I was running out of the car with camera and tripod, all fumbles trying to set up as quickly as possible before it all disappeared . The colours in the sky were the best I had witnessed in awhile. A beautiful ending to a lovely day.
Apologies it is not a creative sunset shot for the challenge but I am snowed under with work and my time is limited. I am also at a reduced commenting pace at the moment too. Damn this having to work business!
The title comes from my suspicion that this was once a complete farmstead with a house, barn, and other outbuildings necessary for a successful farming operation years ago. Probably a mom and dad and several kids running around too. Now all that is gone except for this small machine shed and the equally small grain bin that might still have had some use for the landowner.
I believe in an earlier post I said that it seems November has the best sunsets. December must have read that and taken offense by providing this one. Taken in Goose Island Park, La Crosse County, Wisconsin.
Black clouds over a sunlit Coniston Hall in the Lake District.
Coniston Hall is a former house on the west bank of Coniston Water in the English Lake District. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
The house dates from the late 16th century, or possibly earlier. It is built in stone rubble with a slate roof. Part of it is now ruined, part is used as a farmhouse, and another part is used by a sailing club.
The hall is owned by the National Trust, but is not open to the public. A privy about 13 metres (43 ft) to the south of the hall is listed at Grade II.
Cottage number one, Ardveenish, Isle of Barra, Scotland. We rented this cottage for a week during Storm Ciara in February, before the 'lockdown'
I drove down to Gippsland two days in a row for work earlier in the week, tying to get my field work in before the Antarctic blast hit Melbourne, the storm that has reeked havoc across Melbourne and Gippsland over the past few days.
Coming home on the Tuesday night, the weather was changing. I was driving past the little dirt road that leads to my favourite Church and thought a quick pit-stop was in order. I was dead tired but the clouds were brewing and the sun setting.
The sky was so many different colours, just like Joseph’s coat (in case you didn't get the reference!). I have added a very slight painterly effect here. The Church is off to the right.
I know this looks abit dark so you do need to enlarge and not just view a crappy thumbnail!
“In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away...”
― Shing Xiong
Finding strength in memories... Cherokee Lake, Tennessee
The raw power of the sea, and a glorious golden sunset - the perfect way to end a Saturday, out on the cliffs at Shawbost.
I made a quick stop alongside the road two weeks ago to make this image. It was one of those evenings when wildfire smoke in the atmosphere effected the sky color and the sun. I've been working on it ever since but could never get it to look right. Finally I tried this three shot HDR (±1.5 EV) and it looks about like I remember it.
Apparently, these halos sometimes form around the sun in high altitude cloud and are at 22 degrees from the sun (or moon). It made for an interesting sunset that was otherwise without any colour.
Coincidentally, that was probably the temperature!
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
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Sunset on the Daintree River. This was taken with my bird lens (Nikon 200-500) from the boat. It was the layers upon layers-
vegetation, sky, clouds and colour that attracted me to the scene. The long lens compresses the view, emphasising all the elements that make up the landscape.
These are my favourite days, when rain squalls move up the channel. I love the shapes the falling rain makes, it very seldom falls vertically, as such days are invariably windy!
After a wonderfully calm but sunless sunrise I returned to the cottage to see the sun breaking through the clouds and flooding the hills with a beautiful orange glow. Even though I was desperate for breakfast I couldn't resist one last shot from the front garden! I left the fence in because I like it!! The track was obvious and is by Phosphorescent, a favourite group, who are brilliant live!
We were a little late taking a prairie walk and lost the good light for photographing the prairie flowers. The good news though, was this pretty sunset. (A three shot HDR processed with NIK HDR efex pro)
Taken during a stormy evening at sunset. The sky was full of amazing formations.
Happy Nice Wonderful Cloud Tuesday!
This will be my last shot before Christmas and a little break for a few days, so Merry Christmas and Seasons greetings to all!
This is as big as our local aircraft get down here in Mount Gambier. When they come down from the north, they make a final banking turn that sees them pointing right at us before heading back up to the airport.
Taken just before a gentle golden sunset.
For the aircraft fans, I believe this is either a Saab 340A or Saab 340B.
Happy Nice Wonderful Clouds Tuesday!
Some days, mother nature's daily gift is a beauty, but this day's was very generous!
I slept through a good sunrise the day before this so I was determined to be up early, and it was certainly worth the early rise. It was mesmerising to watch it develop from a tiny glimmer of pre dawn light right through to this blaze of colour.
The flock of birds appeared to be starlings flitting in and out of the reeds, and a little further out there were swallows skimming along and reflecting in the water.
Happy Nice Wonderful Cloud Tuesday!
A friend passed away recently, and during a eulogy by his son at the memorial service it was mentioned how he loved to sit outside his shop, talk to neighbors who might gather, and enjoy the view. I asked if I might come and photograph the view early some morning. The sunrise on this particular morning was not spectacular, but the feeling was very peaceful.