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After all the activity of the afternoon—encountering a lion, meeting a tiny cowgirl, and marching in a parade—Daisy was happy to reach home and was looking forward to having dinner. “Hello, Daisy!” her sister greeted her. “Your timing is great; I’ve made a big cheese tray, and I’m starting the salad. Do you have the pork chop?”
“I’m afraid not. I had to sacrifice the pork chop to save my life!” As Daisy related her story, they enjoyed their dinner of cheese and salad.
These Blythe dolls are Blue Rabbit and Dear Forest Deer for “Big Cheese” and “Green”. The cheese is an ornament, and the tomatoes are refrigerator magnets.
And I could've been another minute late
And you'd never would've crossed my path that day
And when it seems true love is hard to find
That's when love comes along
Just in time
You can call it fate
Or destiny
Sometimes it really seems like its a mystery
Cause you can be hurt by love
Or healed by the same
Timing is everything
Sunset vs Sunrise colors Google AI Overview
Sunset colors are a vibrant mix of reds, oranges, yellows, pinks, and purples, created as sunlight travels through more of Earth's atmosphere, scattering blue light and allowing longer wavelengths to reach our eyes, with atmospheric conditions like dust and humidity enhancing these warm hues. The specific shades depend on the time after sunset, with yellows appearing before, reds and oranges dominant at sunset, and deep reds and purples lingering afterward, often enhanced by particles like pollution or volcanic ash.
Common Sunset Colors
Warm Tones: Yellow, orange, fiery red, and gold are primary colors due to light scattering.
Cool Tones: Pinks and purples often appear as light mixes with the remaining blues and violets.
Variations: Deep crimson, coral, lavender, and even hints of green can appear.
The Science Behind the Colors
Rayleigh Scattering:
Shorter wavelengths (blue, violet) are scattered away by air molecules.
Longer Path:
At sunset, sunlight travels through more atmosphere, scattering more blue and green light.
Visible Colors:
This leaves the longer wavelengths (yellow, orange, red) to dominate the sky.
Atmospheric Influence:
Dust, aerosols, and pollution particles can scatter light further, intensifying reds and oranges or even creating rare violet hues.
Timing Matters
Before Sunset: Yellows are often visible.
At Sunset: Oranges and reds become prominent.
After Sunset (Twilight): Deep reds, purples, and blues can be most vibrant, about 15-20 minutes after the sun disappears.
Sunrise and sunset colors are both caused by light scattering, but sunsets often appear redder and warmer (more oranges/reds) because the atmosphere contains more dust, pollution, and moisture from the day, scattering shorter blue light more effectively. Sunrises tend to be softer, with more pinks and yellows, as the air is generally cleaner and cooler in the morning, though humidity and clouds heavily influence both.
The Science Behind the Colors (Rayleigh Scattering)
Longer Path: At sunrise and sunset, sunlight travels through more of Earth's atmosphere to reach your eyes compared to midday.
Blue Light Scattered: Molecules in the atmosphere (like nitrogen and oxygen) scatter shorter-wavelength colors (blue and violet) more efficiently.
Reds & Oranges Remain: This scattering removes most blue light, allowing longer-wavelength reds, oranges, and yellows to dominate the sky.
Key Differences: Sunrise vs. Sunset
Atmospheric Conditions: The main differentiator is what's in the air.
Sunrise: Air is often cooler, clearer, and has less dust/pollution, leading to softer, more defined colors, sometimes with more blues/greens near the horizon before the golden hour.
Sunset: A full day's activities stir up dust, haze, and pollutants, which scatter light more broadly, creating more intense reds, oranges, and sometimes purples, often appearing more "chaotic" or layered.
Moisture: More humidity at sunset can mute colors, while low humidity at sunrise can make them vibrant, though high humidity can create dramatic hues at either time.
In a Nutshell
Sunrise: Often cleaner air, cooler tones, more defined light, sometimes blue/green pre-dawn, then soft pinks/yellows.
Sunset: Dustier, warmer air, more intense reds/oranges/pinks due to particulates, a broader color palette.
I have many thoughts on this image. One was timing so that my trip took place over a new moon, ensuring I'd have as dark a sky as possible in Big Bend National Park. The next was to better appreciate the ephemeris apps. What I mean is the difference between reading and the app showing the center of the Milky Way being below the horizon especially in the latter month during a year. Then I saw and overheard someone pointing out the Milky Way being above in the skies...something was not adding up, needless to say! Then I realized the difference with the center of the Milky Way and the continuation in the skies with the long spiral arms. The next is to have an article saved or ready with camera settings to capture and later process any night image of the skies above. I found this to assist me, but there are many (photo.stackexchange.com/questions/43028/how-to-have-color...).
To the image itself, this is in the parking area at the Chisos Mountain Lodge looking to the southwest. The mountain outline is of Ward Mountain. Some of the trees in the lower portion are those in nearby hills which I found helpful for focusing (a note on that: one can use Live View or the equivalent to also focus). The EXIF data will show I kept the shutter open for 30 seconds and used a Nikon in camera setting to minimize long exposure noise which added an additional 30 seconds.
Lastly, those skies were truly beautiful!
This back lit towering cumulus cloud displayed nice iridescence, shadow cast on to higher clouds, and a bird of prey (although it might just be a raven).
Picture of the Day
A lone worker, headed home in the twilight, is serendipitously captured in a shadow-box filled with sun.
I was amazed I actually got this with my point and shoot! have a great Tuesday guys! And thank you so much for dropping by :)
Almost two identical pairs, in the form of SD38-2 1653 with SD40-2 6012, and double GP40-2s 3140 and 9618, sit outside the CN Walker Yard shops soaking up the Autumn afternoon sun.
The former pair had just pulled out of the workshops and it was good timing to get the four together.
A southbound work train slips through Waxhaw, NC on their way south to Catawba, SC during the golden hours of sunlight. As far as shooting southbounds in Waxhaw goes, this is about the best lighting you can get - golden sunlight straight down the tracks.
Really most of the time it is sheer luck! I had just pressed the shutter release when the train appeared. I didn't even hear it coming. I then spent the next few seconds praying that the shutter didn't close too early on my exposure. I would love to say that it was timed perfectly with the meteor but no, the train arrived about 10 minutes before the sky exposure. Its not often i do this but i just thought the blended re-edit summed up the enjoyment of the night all in one.
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The timing of this one had to be perfect and after almost two years in the planning this is the shot I've had in my head since the last time we visited Arches National Park.
We headed up this short but strenuous hike during the heat of the afternoon sun. When we arrived, there were a good couple of hundred people all waiting for the sunset as this is one of the most iconic sights in the whole park.
Some just sitting and watching and some frantically running around trying to get the best spot for a photo. There was one group of Japanese guys who just couldn't make their mind up and were backwards and forwards with all their gear pretty much non stop. Inevitably the outcome of all this faffing around was that one guy, who obviously hadn't attached his camera to his tripod properly the previous time he moved all his gear, managed to drop his camera a good 150 feet down a steep rock face directly in front of us, it made an awful sound as it tumbled towards its death in the bushes below. The ironic thing about it was that his whole camera body and lens were covered in a camouflage housing meaning that he couldn't find it when he went down to retrieve it!
After sunset most people started to head off back down while we took up our pre-determined position carefully calculated using the photopills app many weeks beforehand.
We knew we then had to wait until 10pm when the moon had just dipped below the horizon and the Milky way had appeared directly above the Arch.
Lots of people were shining lights at the arch taking their own shots while we sat patiently waiting.
Just before 10pm there was just 3 of us left so I set up my manfrotto lights on their lowest setting, one about 150 feet away to the right and one about 60 feet to the left, both with 1/2 CTO filters.
And there it was, the shot I'd had in my head for nearly two years came to life on the back of the camera.
This is a six shot vertical panorama of the stunning Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Moab. My spiritual home!
Enjoy!
Perfect timing of the sun slowly beginning to set over the city of London.
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I think I must photograph this building at least once per trip we make to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This time, I heard a Harley coming and just snapped the photo as soon as they were in frame.
I've always liked motorcycles and grew up thinking Harley's were cool. I'm more into adventure bikes, now. At least the Harley crowd this weekend were mostly cool. There was one exception, though. A dude cruising around town on his Street Glide with music cranked up so loud it was literally painful. Sorry man, you're not cool and no one likes your butt country music.
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Taken at Chester Zoo on the 22nd Nov 2023. I have taken many photographs but never managed to get the teeth showing. I was really pleased with the composition, tone and mood of this one.
"Macro Mondays".. "Chain". This chain & sprocket are unused and date back to the 1960s. I had to open two BMC "British Motor Corporation" parts packets to photograph these items. The oily appearance is the original anti-corrosion preservative.
Ok, last image of waves.
The timing on this one was completely by accident, and I take absolutely no credit for trying to get the birds to line up like that. They are not photoshopped in, and were actually captured in those positions. I only noticed when I went through my images after the fact.
Lake Erie can indeed be very dramatic with the right conditions!
Taken with a Canon 5D IV and a 70-200mm f/2.8L. Processed in Camera Raw and Photoshop
Ballynamona Strand,
County Cork 10-09-2022
[order] Charadriiformes | [family] Scolopacidae | [latin] Calidris alpina | [UK] Dunlin | [FR] Bécasseau variable | [DE] Alpenstrandläufer | [ES] Correlimos Común | [IT] Piovanello pancianera | [NL] Bonte Strandloper | [IRL] Breacóg
Sea Lark, Ebb Sleeper, Sea Mouse, Sand Mouse
spanwidth min.: 32 cm
spanwidth max.: 36 cm
size min.: 17 cm
size max.: 21 cm
Breeding
incubation min.: 21 days
incubation max.: 22 days
fledging min.: 19 days
fledging max.: 21 days
broods 1
eggs min.: 3
eggs max.: 5
Status: Summer visitor from NW Africa/SW Europe, winter visitor from Scandinavia to Siberia, passage migrant from Greenland (heading south to winter in Africa). Most occur during the mid-winter period.
Conservation Concern: Amber-listed in Ireland as the majority of Dunlins winter at less than ten sites. The European population has been evaluated as Depleted, due to a large historical decline.
Identification: One of the smaller waders and our most abundant one in winter and on passage. A limited number breed in some sandy / grassy locations along the west and north coasts. Plumage is highly variable - in summer, rich chestnut above, streaked on breast, white below with a striking black patch on the belly. The more usually encountered winter plumage bird shows a rather non-descript, uniform, plain brownish-grey on all upperparts and cold white underparts. Juveniles in autumn have warm brown tones on the upperparts and considerable streaking on the breast and underparts. There are many other variations and combinations, depending on the bird's state of moult. It is a rather dumpy bird, with black legs and a longish bill which downcurves slightly. Often occurs in very large flocks. An important bird to get to know (in all its plumages) if you want to successfully identify other similar-sized waders.
Call: A harsh churring trill - "thrrrreeep"
Diet: Feed predominantly on small invertebrates of estuarine mudflats, particularly polychaete worms and small gastropods. They feed in flocks, in the muddier sections of the estuaries and close to the tide edge.
Breeding: Nests on the ground in sparse, low vegetation - in Ireland favours machair habitats.
Wintering: Common along all coastal areas - especially on tidal mudflats and estuaries. Very few inland.
Where to see: Shannon & Fergus Estuary in County Clare and Dundalk Bay in County Louth regularly support >10,000 birds. Other important sites include Cork Harbour in County Cork, Lough Swilly in Donegal and Strangford Lough in Down (6,000- 9,000 birds).
Physical characteristics
This small shorebird is distinctive in breeding plumage, with a black belly-patch extending behind its black legs. Its head and breast are light-colored, and its back is bright rufous. In non-breeding plumage it is drab gray with a brownish head and breast. In flight it has white underwings, a white line down the middle of the upperwing, and white on either side of its rump and tail. The white underwings are especially distinctive in flight. As a flock twists and turns together in flight, white flashes of underwing are evident from a distance.
Dunlin flocks are often huge, most impressive when they display their coordinated aerial maneuvers trying to escape predation by Peregrine Falcons and Merlins. When foraging, they either pick food from the surface or probe in the mud. They feed on exposed mud or in shallow water, making short runs interspersed with periods of feeding. They feed day or night, depending on the timing of low tide.
Habitat
Tundra-breeders, Dunlin typically nest in wet meadow tundra with low ridges, vegetation hummocks, and nearby ponds. During migration and winter, they prefer mudflats, but can also be seen on sandy beaches, coastal grasslands, estuaries, and occasionally in muddy, freshwater areas.
I am so happy to be back on Flicker and participating in "117 Pictures in 2017". This image is for #20 Timing is Everything. Happy New Year!!!
Mera 426 heads west into Northbrook, IL as a CN 100 GEVO leads a oil train south on the New Line. Northbrook, IL
“Everything, in the end, comes down to timing. One second, one minute, one hour could make all the difference.” - Sarah Dessen
HBW!
A serene moment captured at the Great Mosque of Algiers, where modern architecture meets timeless spirituality.
The soft colors, the play of light, and the grand lines of the Djamaâ El Djazaïr create a peaceful atmosphere that reflects the heart of Algiers.
A place of calm, beauty, and quiet reflection.
UP 1989 leads train ORPRN-12 south on the Milwaukee Subdivision at control point Valley past CNW signals.
People probably favourites photo looking less than a minute but it took hours to finish their final touch and triple effort to presence themselves before the right timing . Nothing come easy but every obsticles you encounter shall be defeat if you keep improvising . You shouldn't just sit there to wait and start these advice now.
- London Tower Bridge