We went to Derbyshire today and had a productive time – plenty of photographs, a couple of books, a Bakewell pudding and a new work bag for Julia (plus a can of white gloss for the new garden table project).
On the way back I was moaning to Julia about the lack of colour in the sky when it suddenly turned blazing red. The only trouble was that it was behind my right shoulder. As we twisted and turned I realised that there was a lay-by ahead and a good view of the sunset on my right. Somebody was already parked with the same purpose, using a phone, which still seems strange to me. I mean, I wouldn’t use a camera to contact Julia and tell her I was going to be late home.
So, here are some of the results. The flare in some of them is due to a finger mark on the lens. Fortunately I realised what it was and was able to correct it by breathing on the lens and applying a quick polish with my handkerchief. Proper photographers are probably wincing at the thought, but I’m a low tech sort of bloke, and it did the job.
One thing I did do right was to put the sunrise/sunset filter on (because I remembered I had that option after Sunday’s sunset). It didn’t add anything – these were the actual colours because it truly was a spectacular sunset – but it did stop the camera “correcting” the colour automatically.
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Wow!
It was a good sunset. 🙂
Sometimes the best thing is a huff and a puff and a wipe with the end of your tie. Forget what the Proper photographers say. The colour is really spectacular.
Thank you. Yes, that’s my view of lens cleaning too. 🙂
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Impressive and Amazing! You must winge more often! Look what happens…. =)
To be honest I whinge all the time and this is the first time anything good has happened.
Brilliant pylon photograph!
Thanks – pure luck there happened to be a pylon in the right place.
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Astounding
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Gorgeous colour!
It seemed to come from nowhere.
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Beautiful shots. Well done!
Thank you. It got better after I cleaned the lens.
Magnificent! Worth stopping for.
I’ve been waiting a while for a decent sunset.
Your wish came true.
It did. 🙂
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Well caught. Not one of the usual run of the mill sunsets.
We were lucky that the colour, the trees/pylons and the lay-by all coincided.
You couldn’t have planned it if you tried – it’s amazing what pops up if you go snooping about.
That’s true. 🙂
Fantastic – what amazing colour 💛
I was amazed at the way it went from grey to pink to blazing red in just ten minutes. Fotronce I had my camera and a parking space to hand/ 🙂
Truly amazing – nature’s beauty!
We were very lucky. 🙂