Thursday 26 June 2008

Sky Watch Sunset

 
 
 
 
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This week I tried to capture the beauty of this sunset, but it was not easy.I even went to the attic to have a better view.

Enjoy other views of the sky on today's Sky Watch, hosted by Tom at Wiggers World

42 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm back ...
Oh no, cried blog world ... he's back!

But guess what, I'm so happy. If I didn´t rejoin SWF I would never have the chance to see these great photos!

Digital Polaroids said...

SUPER ORANGE!

abb said...

What beautiful blues and peach colors. Your attic did the trick!

Great SWF.

Sandpiper (Lin) said...

Beautiful pictures! Gorgeous colors.

bobbie said...

this is very lovely.

Rune Eide said...

I really liked the first one with reflections in the rooftops of the cars.

me ann my camera said...

Sunsets are always beautiful, these especially so.
varying seasons

Patty said...

Very very nice Wil.

Pat - Arkansas said...

Beautiful, beautiful Sky Watch photos! Thanks for making the trip to the attic.

I greatly admire the photograph of the windmills you have in your blog header. Most attractive! It creates in me a strong desire to visit the Netherlands.

Tom said...

Thank you for helping to make Sky Watch so popular and special. I hope you enjoy your Sky Watch as much as I do.
Tom

Excellent Sky Watch.. I've marked this up for a revisit as I need to come bck and see the windmill post..

Anonymous said...

Hello,

Thank you for your visit and comment on my SWF.

Yours is a great series of images showing the progression of sunset to nightfall-just fascinating.

I also found your photo, drawings, and text on the windmills and drainage systems to be very informative--thank you!

I will return to read and view more of your blog.

Dragonstar said...

You caught three beautiful shots. Lovely sunset photos.

Dragonstar said...

And I've just proved either that I can't count, or that my fingers take over from my brain!
I'm sorry, I meant to compliment you on all FOUR of the photos!

Pretty Life Online said...

Pretty one for SWF! Which reminds me the quote... "we all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon".... Mine's up too hope you can drop by. Happy Weekend!

Pat - Arkansas said...

Thanks for your visit to my blog, Wil. The Big Dam Bridge bed is fourteen (14) feet wide, and I'm sure that riding a bicycle across would be most safe up there. Think of the view! I'm planning to walk across in the fall. I'll let you know how the experience goes. (I'll be 74 years old in September.)

Champ Townboy said...

Gorgeous shots!!

Unknown said...

Meget flott bilde serie!
Ha en fin helg!

kjpweb said...

Very much like the silhouette sunset images. Just beautiful! Bravo!
Cheers, Klaus

SandyCarlson said...

That is a beautiful progression.

Fugazi said...

A beautiful group of pictures, you managed what you set out to do indeed :)

Aisha said...

Those are really beautiful shots of the sunset. It's amazing! :) love them.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Not easy but you nailed it. Magnificent colours throughout.

shutter happy jenn said...

Oh wow...I really have a thing for orange skies!

Your blog doesn't allow non-Blogger users to comment, so I will use my Blogger account, but my SWF picture is posted HERE. Please drop by if you have the time.

Thanks a lot!

kRiZcPEc said...

beautiful sunset. Thanks for sharing.

Janice Thomson said...

Absolutely beautiful captures Wil!

Outhouse Capital of Canada said...

Nice sunset pictures.
Thanks for visitng my blog.

Anonymous said...

Friendly skies, nothing threatening -we seem to be in a turbulent phase.
All through May we had gentle skies.

Petunia said...

I like the first one best but they where all very nice:)


Petunia's SWF

Naturegirl said...

Wonderful SWF images! I love the windmills photo on your header!Perfect photo!

Indrani said...

These are BEAUTIFUL.
Lovely shades of color.

Mental P Mama said...

Beautiful color. Just beautiful...

Unknown said...

That has great color.

esnorway said...

nice pics you have

Marie said...

Just beautiful!

Unknown said...

Sunsets are difficult to photograph but you have done pretty well. Position the horizon lower than centre and try Shooting at a variety of exposures - if you let your camera decide what shutter length to shoot at you’re likely to get a shot that doesn’t really capture the beauty of the light. Quite often the shot will be under exposed because the sky is still reasonably light.

Instead of relying upon the camera’s auto mode a sunset is an ideal time to switch your camera into aperture or shutter priority mode and to take a variety of shots at different exposures.

The great thing about sunsets and sunrises is that there is no one ‘right’ exposure and that you can get stunning results using a variety of them. Also keep in mind that different exposures (aperture and shutter speeds) will produce a variety of different results so it’s worth taking more than just a few shots - the key is to experiment.

I tend to switch into shutter priority mode and start with a relatively quick shutter speed and then slowly work down to slower ones. Good luck and best wishes Kev

Lynette said...

Beautiful series of photos for your Sky Watch.

Flying Solo said...

Beautiful colours and contrast, I love it!

raccoonlover1963/Lisa Myers said...

Your pictures are beautiful. What is the tower in the distance in the first picture?
This is my first visit to your blog. I found your link on Abe Lincoln's comments.

AnneKa said...

Great photos for sky watch!

Dina said...

Very lovely. I felt like I were there, watching your sun set.

Dick said...

A wonderful sky watch.

Jerez Sherry said...

All your efforts paid off, nice sunset shots..what could be cooler, I ask myself now, than a cool sunset?
(hot here this week)