Return to the Sunsets
I’ve lost count the number of times I’ve been driving home, only to see a fabulous sunset - then it hits me. The 300D is no good. You can’t take photos.
It got to the point where I was almost trying not to notice gorgeous sunsets for fear that I’d get all depressed and have to run out immediately and drop a K on a new cammy. Well eventually I succumbed. And just as I did, the weather turned lovely and rainy, overcast every day. Meaning while I loved the weather, I was disappointed that it was really only the backyard and insects I could take photos of.
Until tonight.
The Sun was around all day. It was a beautiful mid-twenties day, couple of fluffy white, cotton-ball looking clouds in the sky. A light breeze. And eventually, an impressive sunset.
I almost missed it. Too busy playing Motorstorm to notice the extra clouds developing on the horizon and the orange light washing over the front of the house.
The Seagulls seemed to be rejoicing in it, the first Sun for days.
Gradually the Sun ducked behind the clouds and eventually behind the hills on the Western side of the Lake. The temperature dropped, the orange and yellow hues subsided, replaced by blues, purples, washes of white.
It an amazing sight to see the lights appear around the Lake. Hundreds.. thousands of houses turning on the porch lights and interior lights. Like tiny little stars dotted around the waters edge. And the occasional Sailing Club breaking the darkness like the Sun amongst distant stars.
Keen to try out the new camera and some of the settings I’d not used since mid-last year, I decided to hang around until dark as it was such a beautiful night, and took a long exposure as the clouds rolled in.
200 seconds @ f22.
God I love photography.
