“Ah yes there’s a photographer down there,” said Lee. “That must be him!” We waved at the figure perched over his tripod at the edge of the void. The response confirmed it – we’d found our man. Friday brought a novel experience; for me it was the first time that Flickr had been responsible for engineering a rendezvous with one of you. On occasion I may have met one of you and discovered we share this platform, but as far as I can recall Flickr had never been the introduction to a face to face encounter. I’m sure you follow Mr Austin already; but if you don’t then you might want to take a look at his work – once you’ve finished reading today’s yarn from yours truly of course.

After considering a number of options, Lloyd had chosen his favoured location well, and we’d arranged to meet at Botallack Mine where the Crown Houses hover improbably at the edge of the cliffs where Atlantic gales routinely batter the westernmost corner of the land, bringing huge waves throughout the storm season. Quite how they’ve remained there for so long seems miraculous to me. It’s a place that offers a range of compositions, similar but different, with the conditions playing a leading role in the photographer’s choice of shutter speed. Even on relatively quiet days the sea will generally froth away like the contents of a boiling saucepan in the oblivion below. When the storms brew it becomes positively hostile, with only the boldest of adventurers taking their chances across the ledge of doom that will surely one day disappear forever and render compositions such as this no longer possible without either a drone or exceedingly long arms. But on this visit the sea was as quiet as we’d seen it in any season, bringing the opportunity to use our ND filters to deliver very long shutter speeds. I figured if Lloyd was doing it then I’d better have a go for myself – shoulders of giants and all that. One of the benefits of taking exposures of ten minutes and more is that you don’t take quite so many as you normally might. It does make a change to sift effortlessly through a handful of raw files in contrast to staring blankly at the usual two or three hundred that I usually manage to amass when I’m at the coast.

The moment Lee and I arrived on the scene and set up our tripods, the clear sunny conditions that had lit up the distant Isles of Scilly on the horizon as we’d driven along the pot hole riddled track to the car park vanished in favour of a bank of cloud. This seems to happen far more often than it should. Quite how we manage to deliver flat conditions with such metronomic regularity remains a mystery, but while the letterbox of blue sky between the clouds and the horizon refused to yield, so did the hope of catching that brief moment of the late sun illuminating the Crown Houses. So, I waited at the vantage point I’d chosen, hunkered almost as low as it was possible to go without taking any unnecessary risks, practically skating down the rocky slope in my poorly chosen footwear and casting my eyes about to see whether Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean were lurking nearby with a set of scorecards. It was the furthest and lowest point to which I’d ever allowed myself to go along the granite outcrop across the ledge, and as I sat here waiting and hoping I wondered whether I’d have the courage to plant myself here again in busier weather – with more appropriate footwear of course.

And then the light came – for no more than four or five minutes before the sun vanished for good. I’ve been here plenty of times before, but I think this is my personal favourite from those many moments before the long abandoned sturdy engine houses that seem to be able to withstand everything the ocean throws at them. We’re always reminded that it’s all about the light after all. A few more long exposures into the blue hour and after the pinks in the cloud that briefly threatened to steal northwards far enough to enter the show began to retreat, and we agreed we were done. Lloyd had a rental apartment to clean before his long journey home the following day, and Lee and I had an appointment with a couple of pints of Sea Fury in the Plume, where someone in control had rather bizarrely chosen to play “Revolution Number 9” by The Beatles on the stereo – not one of their catchier numbers in my experience. If you’ve ever made it that far through the White Album, I suspect you’ll probably agree. I’m glad for Lloyd’s sake that he missed that bit at least. In arranging for us to meet at Botallack it later transpired that he’d also missed a blood red sunset captured by a number of excited phone wielding friends and shared on other social media. But I decided it was best not to tell him so he’ll never find out will he………?

A misty sunset capturing oil rigs moored in the Sutors Channel at Cromarty…taken from Burghead coastguard station.

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Taken from the summit of Ben A'an looking down the length of Loch Katrine towards the Arrochar Alps in the distance.

A sunset capture and a stroll down in receding light.

A palm tree silhouette at sunset captured last September in San Jose, California looking towards Los Gatos.

After the brilliant colors of the morning faded, this is what remained of the sunrise on Armand Bayou. I know that some will tire of me talking about sunrise/sunset captures, but I chased them for years before attempting my first nature shot some years ago. I find that a lot of people run up and take a couple of shots and then leave. You might get a decent capture that way, but I find that the colors change minute by minute and that the display can last for an hour or more. I never stop shooting and I never stop looking behind me where unusual colors can be every bit as beautiful as the view looking toward the sun. Hope everyone is doing splendidly and stay safe. Take care.

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This is Yosemite Falls at Sunset captured from Glacier Point. This place has to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Be ready for large crowds and visit the best spots at Sunrise or Sunset.

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Yes, it really did look this dramatic! I took a series of photos, of the reflection-trail as sunset approached. This was by gar the most dramatic. One of my better sunset captures!

Sometimes anti-crepuscular rays make the shadows in between them show up better. Mono Lake seems to be a particularly good place to see this after sunset.

Captured while leading a seminar for the Mono Lake Committee in November 2019. Lori Hibbett and I will be leading another Mono Lake Moon Rise and Winter Light workshop at Mono Lake December 17-19, 2022.

Here's a Vertorama of last Sunday's sunset... captured on the rocks at Melkbos Strand.

I didn't have my tripod with me... so I was shooting everything hand-held. I decided to open up the aperture more than I would normally do... to ensure a fast shutter speed... to prevent camera-shake and to freeze the splashes of the waves crashing against the rocks. This was probably the best splash of the afternoon... it wasn't very big... but that little bit of water in the lower left-hand corner that seems to be defying gravity... that really makes this shot for me!

Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm at 10mm, aperture of f8, with a 1/250th second exposure.

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10 min. @ f5.6...... from a very windy evening in October..... Lake Erie was rolling quite nicely, the moon was big, the skies were clear, temperature moderate, a lovely way to spend a Saturday-night.....

what started out as an attempt at a sunset capture turned into a good night for longer esposures... it was a very pleasurable outing, but 5 n' half hours in the wind was enough and I was quite ready for my evening meal, 11 pm.....

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Could be the last sunset from my old trusted friend that Sony A700! I am hoping that the issues with the mirror can be remedied and that the cost is not prohibitive!! It went into a local camera shop on Friday and so now I await the final diagnosis and costs!! It is only 12 MP and has been around since 2007 but it was a very flexible and trusted partner even though it could get a bit noisy as times! All I can do now is sit and wait for the repairman to give me his opinion!! This is just another sunset capture from El Franco Lee Park! And yes, it was a heavy camera but it felt like you had your hands on a machine instead of a toy!!!

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A sunset captured from Canary Wharf looking towards the City of London

This photographer was sizing up his shot, while becoming a subject for this sunset capture

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Sunset captured at friend's cottage.

A few clouds can certainly make a difference.

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Sunset captured from the coastline in Marina, California.

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A fabulous wintry sunset captured yesterday evening looking towards the mountains of Great Gable and Kirk Fell from Lingmell. It's a few years since I'd climbed Lingmell, and I was pretty disappointed to see that the slender cairn near the summit had disappeared as this was what I was aiming to photograph. However, there were plenty of other rocks to provide some foreground interest, and the sunset illuminated them beautifully. The contrast of the warm light against the freezing snow was just magical, and I just love the shadows which are cast at this time of the year.

Captured in: Bass Harbor, ME.

Seen here is a sunset capture of the Bass Harbor Head Light, which is located along the rocky cliffs of Bass Harbor, Maine. This is the second in a series of images from my trip (w/ First Light Photography's Bill Rudock) to the New England coast.

This lighthouse was originally constructed in 1876, and is part of Acadia National Park. The light can be found in the Southwest section of the park known as Mount Desert Island, and marks the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay.

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"Bass Harbor Light" is an HDR image constructed from 5 separate shots, with a differential of +/- 1 stop.

The resulting HDR image was processed using a combination of ACR, Photomatix, and Photoshop (includes the use of Topaz Labs plugins -- Adjust, Clean, Denoise, Glow, Impression and LensFX).

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Sunset taken from Kithurst Hill, South Downs, Near Storrington, West Sussex.

I once again had a chance to visit this old barn which is just a few miles away from my home. They are preparing to destroy it very soon to make way for progress (ie new homes & subdivisions). I saw the sunset to the West with a nice mix of clouds and was hoping that I might be able to get a shot or two. The weather was particularly sunny today with highs in the upper 40's and while it was close to nightfall, there was a bite in the wind that I really didn't notice until my walk back to the car.

Anyways, I think I came away with a decent sunset capture. I eliminated much of the foreground here and lighted up the dark areas of the barn and barren land down below. Handheld.

Another picture i took from the sunset last Wednesday.

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After very rainy January 1st, the 2nd day of 2021 was very beautiful and my first sunset captures for the new year. www.terryaldhizer.com

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A beautiful sunset captured at Carlisle Castle a couple of weeks ago. This gatehouse is called De Ireby's Tower and was constructed between 1378–82 to house the Sheriff of Cumberland and his ‘exchequer’, where the Crown’s revenues from the county were paid. The bridge leading up to the entrance was once a drawbridge over the outer moat in medieval times, but has since been converted to an overbridge. I composed the picture to include the lamp post to the left, set against the blazing sunset sky. This castle is said to be the most besieged in English history, so I think the red sky represents many a bloody battle witnessed here over the centuries.

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This is a sunset captured while on Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National park, Maine. Eagle Lake is in the foreground. (image M1A2566) Please also visit: acadiamagic.com.

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Another from Cardiff's Surreal Sunset captured on 3rd Dec . This one is looking across Cardiff Bay to Penarth with no post processing to saturate the colours.

Sunset captured behind the Canadian Pacific Railroad swing bridge in Milwaukee, WI.

Sunset captured at Hatchet Pond

and managing to get some lit clouds and the wind settling down enough to get a reflection.

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A dramatic sunset captured at the beach of "Torre Mozza" in tuscany.

After a busy beach day as everyone finally left the beach I enjoyed this beautiful and colorful sunset.

A sunset capture from a local Loch.

at sunset , captured from small boat on Kafue River in Kafue National Park, Zambia

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View from the Disney Fantasy at sunset. Captured aboard the Disney Fantasy (Deck 4) while sailing to St. Thomas of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

HDR image constructed from 3 bracketed shots - 2 stop differential between each image.

Images processed w/ Photomatix, and finished in Photoshop (including the use of various Topaz labs plugins.

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Sunset capture at Búðir

Sunset captured from Forio waterfront

A sunset captured near Norris Point. f6

A more dramatic sunset captured on another evening spent on the Wirral.

Historical Town Hall in Leuven Belgium just after sunset. Captured in March, 2022.

A sunset captured on 20th February, 2019 at Corbiere, Jersey Channel Islands