Sunset
 

I don't think we have a sunset thread, and I thought that as sunsets can be some of the most breathtaking visions in our lives, it might be worth creating one as I'm sure many of you have beautiful sunset pictures to share also.

This one that I'm opening this thread with was taken yesterday. Unfortunately I only had my phone with me, so that's what it's taken with. I was on my way home and there was a fair bit of storm activity about and it created this (what in real life was a) magnificent and eerie shot. To me it looked more like the begining of an alien invasion than a sunset, but maybe that's just my imagination.

Anyway, here it is in all its slightly blurry and nowhere near complimentary glory.

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Pretty, Aliantha!

Here's one I took on a recent camping trip.

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Nice silhouette effect there. :)

Sunset at Venice Beach
 

I had a rare day off on a business trip about 2 years ago. I attempted a panorama, which is difficult without a tripod.

I happened to be there on a Sunday, which was when the natives had a drum circle to welcome the sunset. It must have worked because the sunset showed up.;)

Wow. Fantastic Rich. That second picture is striking.

@Ali...yours has a lot of drama in it and it brings Close Encounters of the Third kind to mind.

Juniper...very very pretty, soooo subtle.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking Pico, I just couldn't remember which movie it was actually from.

St. Petersburg back in September 1997

(haven't got a working scanner just now, so I had to photograph the prints, original colours are a bit better)

Boston, from Cambridge

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West Virginia

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Right outside my door.

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On the way home from New York

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Wiscasset ME

Sunset at Gates Pass, Tucson

Another

View from my Moms house in Tucson

those mountains in the distance have such perfectly straight sides.

Yeah...they're called RoofTop Peaks.

:D

Actually Twin Peaks is nearby...and this is a view of part of it. Do you see the gorilla?

Nose to the right, eye in the middle?

He's laying on his back with his knees up slightly.

Ok, I see him now. Cool.

Looking out of my front door last June ('07)

I just took some spectacular shots of a sunset in SC. I will post them in a few days when I get off work.

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Southern California sunset and the ex. One I will get back one day, the other is doubtful.. :(
Sorry to put a downer on this thread, was going through some old photos on the hard drive while surfing the Cellar. Dangerous combination.
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glatt, that's a great picture. I'm trying to see if there are giraffes and lions in the shadows.

nope, just fish under the surface. Thanks, btw.

makes a great desktop

Kauai sunset pictures from my vacation earlier this year.

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Poipu Beach
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Sunset off of the Kilauea Lighthouse
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Thanks.

Here's the original. You can click on the magnifying glass for the full sized version. I cropped it to post here.

I took this on the way back from a rugby match in Columbia, SC. it was looking across some recently plowed peanut fields. Stunning. We got out and took about 20 pics as the sun set. This is a photo stitch of three.

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Very beautiful sight to behold. I may just have to change the background on my computer.

These two were taken yesterday during my evening commute. I cross this bridge twice a day. I've posted other pictures with it in the frame. I like the contrast it displays here. Mount Rainier was tempting me to crash the car. I shot this over my shoulder, Annie Oakley style. No crash, but it might have been worth it.

Shit V, couldn't you have stopped some place safe? :eek:

Wow. That pic with the Mt. in it is great. Well done.

Thanks guys. :)

xoB: I wish. Because the road goes along the surface of the water, there's a long low unobstructed view to the mountain. It's a perfect shot. I take pictures of it all the time. It's on my 2 o'clock heading east, which is fine in the morning. I can shoot through the windshield or the passenger window. Irritatingly, the mountain hides directly beind the A pillar of the windshield when the driver's seat is in the most comfortable position. Oh well. But that also means it's on my 8 o'clock heading home, like during this shot. I knew it would be glorious, the first picture (and the dozen I took before the bridge) were ample warning. But once on the bridge there is no stopping, and it ends in a tunnel, with no real easy exit to come back around for this view, at least I don't know of one. If I knew of one (and I'm certain they exist), I'd probably have to leave an hour earlier to get my pictures in.

mercy: Thanks! It is an icon of the region, in an area blessed with an embarrassment of riches of natural beauty. Did you know that this area is the only place in the whole country where you can stand in one spot and see three different National Parks? A show like this makes me humble and grateful to witness such majesty.

Okay.
Because someone has to represent those of us with a point and shoot and who live on a housing estate.

Elmhurst, Aylesbury as the sun sets:

Nice, SG. Don't dis my camera tho. Point and shoot brings home a *lot* of pictures.

Here are a couple more from last night.

I don't really think it's the camera BigV, that's just my excuse.

This evening, snow an'all!

Wow V and Limey. I love those shots. Good job. And thanks.

Just saw V's pic with the stack of lenticular clouds. Jaw dropping.

That's not a stack of lenticular clouds - that's a close encounter of the second kind.

Looking Out The Front Door.......Changes by the minute.......

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I want to be there RFN!

Sunsets are one of my favorites times to shoot. I love the twilight especially the wonderful deep purple and blue tones, like Maxfield Parrish pictures. That color is so hard to catch to. I have had some lucky moments with the orange range. The bright orange shot was done out side my allergists' which is on top of a hill. I came out at the right moment. Shots like that are why i carry my camera alwAttachment 21874

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I took this sunset pic a few years ago (w/a $90 point & shoot Fuji FinePix 4mp (that I own)). Everyone's pix are really nice.

beautiful

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And RFN ...

B E A U T I F U L!

I wish I was where you are, for just a moment to soak that in, and breathe deeply. * ahhh *

brrr

Wear a hat.

WE haven't had much snow compared with the rest of Scotland, but it's certainly been cccolllldddd out.

You just haven't thawed out from last winter.

I bet, but we want what we don't have. I'd have to climb a mountain to see snow and sunshine like that and it's just not happening.

Yellowstone sunset with bison
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That's a beautiful photo too bullitt.

I know, I have posted it before, but still one of the best pics of a sunset I have ever taken...

The textures in the clouds are what make the picture really pop. Well done Merc.

We could not believe it when we saw it. We were traveling the back roads home from Columbia, SC to Savannah when we came on it, you know like the key to a successful life, timing, position, and lubrication... anyway, it was over looking a plowed peanut field. I have about 5 or 6 others that show the sky as it evolved. They are all a bit different and just as spectacular. This pic was stitched.

wow, It's breathtaking.

I would love to see the progression pics. Myself,. I would.

I don't think I've posted these...lately.

Thanks

wow mercy. outstanding. I have family in SC. After seeing your pic, I now have two reasons to come back soon.

From my cruise last year.

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