There was something missing with this stunning sunset. Naturally, I added a basset hound. ;)
December Sunset in Pink and Blue
Setting Sun through an Aspen Grove
Moonrise at Sunset
Sometimes, the Moon is so good to me, and I'm not sure what I've done to deserve it!
Having read that, you're smirking, I know. In fact, you're likely thinking, "Crazy Moon lady!"
But it's true.
I have considerably less time to run around with my Pentax nowadays, and much of what you see on this blog and my social networks was shot with a smartphone. Indeed, many wonderful things can be done with newer smartphones photographically, not to mention the fact that the limitations they provide may help in finding creative solutions.
Yet, when it comes to certain subjects, those limitations are just that. One of the most obvious ones is the Moon. Using a telephoto or at least a macro lens provides the necessary detail. Then there is the obvious number of other light-related functions: from shooting on bulb exposure at the darkest hour to playing around with the depth of field and the ISO.
But, most important, the subject has to be there and look right, too. A little bit of science, a little bit of art.
That is what occurred tonight at sunset, when I happened to be outside and happened to have brought my camera with multiple lenses along. And that is why I thanked the Moon for being such an agreeable subject. Easier to work with than some humans, I tell you!
Finally, as is now customary, here is the looping six-second Vine of tonight's Moonrise. Normally, I shoot these with a smartphone, as opposed to assembling them from photos (I'll do this, too!), hence the difference in appearance. Now, imagine me with multiple cameras, lenses, and tripods getting weird looks from the passers-by.
"Crazy Moon lady!" - they thought, just like you.
Bare Naked Sunset
Bare branches reach upward in stark contrast to the still-brilliant blues and yellows of a late-autumn sunset.
And in motion:
Rain is Gone, but Clouds Swirl
Clouds swirl over the tree tops, and how different they do look in the span of 24 hours!
One timelapse depicts cotton-like clouds over hazy, near-colorless mountain peaks. Counterintuitively, it is as if these soggy trees are smoking.
The other shows clouds dissipate at sundown over the woods to reveal brilliant sunshine.
Last Days of Golden Autumn (Part II)
Remaining autumn leaves flutter in the wind against the backdrop of a late October sunset.:
a) as a mobile still;
b) and as a now customary looping timelapse:
The dreariest of months, November, is almost here.
Rocking Sunset
This was a hair-blowing-in-the-wind rocker kind of a sunset in the, well, Rockies. Can't you just imagine some mad riffs added to this timelapse as the audio component? A mini-music video, in other words!
Rocky Mountain Sunset
You know what makes a striking pink-black-and-yellow sunset even more so?
When you can actually see the clouds create fantastical shapes:
Same Place, Different Sunset
One of the things I love about Nature is its mutability: this image is of the exact same place as in the previous update just a few days afterward (landscape and portrait layouts notwithstanding), yet it appears to be striking and strikingly different.