Palmdale Sunset

Gallery: LandscapePosted September 30, 2010198 views5 comments

XTI, 17-40L @ 40mm, f5.6@ 1/15th ISO 100 hand held no filters, shot in my front yard,I know not the greatest shot but it sure looked nice out there this evening, and humid.Tried sharpen the clouds a bit more with TK cloud sharpening. Thanks for looking.

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Comment posted by Paul Duval on September 30, 2010 at 8:22 AM

Danny,

We had a lovely view of this sunset as well in Long Beach. My daughter and I were both lamenting not being able to match that 1 in 100 sunset with something because the play of color across that fabulous layered sky was great. The most amazing thing was the breadth of color 360 degrees around and the virga that was illuminated and picking up color. There was one cloud to the east that was dumping rain ( or virga) in a vibrant pastel pink column. It was a simply a joy to watch. While just a grab shot your image captures exactly what I saw last night. Good job.

Paul

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Comment posted by Youssef Ismail on September 30, 2010 at 8:45 AM

Strange weather always seems to come with great photo opportunities. That sky is great. I just wish the tree was not in the frame.

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Comment posted by Greg Cope on September 30, 2010 at 10:05 AM

What a nice sky! Agree with Youssef about the tree. It would take on a much more abstract presentation without.

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Comment posted by Harley Goldman on September 30, 2010 at 6:30 PM

Beautiful sky, but I am with the others on the tree.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on September 30, 2010 at 11:35 PM

Gorgeous clouds. Silhouette feels a bit nebulous, but it's hard sometimes to find a good foreground element to go with clouds.

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