Sunrises and Sunsets VolXl

[Michael Lerch]

I’ll take the initiative and start up a new volume  of Sunsets and Sunrises, the eleventh collection of  the purples ,reds ,oranges and yellows thats start the day and  in reverse order,end the day

Arizona sunset #1101

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, thanks for a new chapter.

Some Rays to Start Your Day

[Ruth Quist]

I barely made this before dark time.

[Michael Lerch]

Dark Time ascends Ruth,

Arizona Sunset #1102

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1103

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1104

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, for some reason I like that dark photo of #1102.  Adds some interesting elements.

4:44 am – Fish are rising.

 

[Hans Stocker]

Ah, nice ones above Ruth and Michael. Before dark time it is colorful time.

Pinks and Blues

 

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, boy you just can’t make those colors up.  Lovely!

Soft Evening Light

[Ruth Quist]

A Hot Sky

[Ruth Quist]

Ouch on the Red

[Hans Stocker]

More reds…..

But also purples

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, our perfect pair.

The Sky that keeps on Giving.

[Hans Stocker]

Wow, great colors, Ruth in your Sky that keeps on Giving.

Trees Watching The Sun Set

[Michael Lerch]

A candy dish cloud turns the sunset into a  bon mot.

Arizona Sunset #1105

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[Hans Stocker]

Great blues in #105, Michael.

Rouge

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, bold on #1105.  Hans, delicate on Rouge.

Going for Blood

[Michael Lerch]

oh my goodness Ruth, im a sucker for the fluorescent orange. All the reds there!  Nice shot!

Arizona Sunset #1106

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1107

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, love #1106 for its simplicity.  Going to join you with:

Summer Sunset

[Ruth Quist]

Winter Sunset – catching the seasons

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks Ruth!Lots of snow there in the shadows.Its going to be a good spring.

Arizona Sunset#1108

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, nice colors in #1108.  Yes, hoping for a good spring.  Very cold here at present.  Forced indoors.

It really is 07:30 am.

[Michael Lerch]

Yep bring on Olde Sol and start warming up the joint Ruth!  The consequences of  having two 120f+ summers in a row is becoming stark in the Valley. Dead trees abound and are keeping the tree specialists  busy. I’ve noticed..trees in a cluster don’t have dead ones amongst them. Solo trees appear easy victims .   The only tree that should be in front of homes and in city parks is cactus like the saguaro, fast growing palo verde and the mesquite…I’ll give the Upper Sonoran Desert that much. Anything else fails and it’s best to have trees in great shape going in cause they will probably be the only ones surviving if we have a 3rd  120f+ summer .  So here is a sunset  to warm your hands..btw, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, heralding 6 more weeks of winter for those inclined  to take advice from a fat and groomed rodent.

Arizona Sunset #1109

 

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[Donatella Lombardini]

Beautiful sunset, Michael! I really like how the clouds look like spiderwebs in a way :) and the colors are magnificent!

 

 

Here is a sunset over Normandy from this summer.

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks and  nice sunset Donatella!..Water and clouds  are always a match.  The line of cloud suggests a front coming through.

The orange spider webs de-evolved in to red fractus over a few minutes.

Arizona Sunset#1110

 

 

[Ruth Quist]

Michael and Donatella, such beautiful colors.  Helps my head as I am looking out my window at tons of white stuff.  This time of year, in my neck of the woods, we are anxious to see dirt!  I should go buy some flowers.

Gardening at Night

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1111

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, great colors in #1109 and #1110.

Bed Time Closing In.

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks Ruth…We all live in a orange submarine.._R Starr a moment before realizing nothing rhymes with orange…and speaking of orange

Arizona Sunset #1112

[Robert Pearson]

Michael- nothing does not rhyme with orange! Love the soft color.

Selective color.

[Michael Lerch]

Well I certainly hope not Robert. If it did we’d be living in a Orange  universe..speaking of Orange Universes..

ArizonaSunset#1113

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1114

[Ruth Quist]

Robert and Michael, great studies in orange.  Adding:

Tangerine.

Not too

[Michael Lerch]

Nice one Ruth!  I found the shot I  lost.  It’s  the half way between  shots 1109 and 1110. Orange ya glad?

Arizona Sunset #1115

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, super color in #1115.

Back to Orange

[Michael Lerch]

That one warms up the sunset Ruth!

Arizona Sunset#1116

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1117

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, very soothing colors in #1117.  Where you in an airplane?

Last Light in a March sunset

[Michael Lerch]

Ruth, no I had both feet firmly on the ground in my backyard when I took that shot with a telephoto zoom.  Careful cropping makes it appear  to be taken from a plane also.

Arizona Sunset#1118

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, simple fun in #1118.

Back Down on the Farm

[Ruth Quist]

Watching for owls.

[Michael Lerch]

Ruth,Thats their time of day?,,and thanks for your kind words.

Arizona Sunset#1119

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, beautiful photo in #1119.  Could be a painting.

Looking like a mighty fine morning.

[Ruth Quist]

In the pink

[Donatella Lombardini]

I saw this strange one today… Is it rain underneath, being pushed aside by the wind?

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[Ruth Quist]

Donatella, that is a really nice-looking Virga.

I love bold sunsets

[Ruth Quist]

Burning up the sky

[Michael Lerch]

Great Golds Ruth!

Arizona Sunset#1120

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, love the peach colors in #1120.

Off camping for a week.  I will be looking up or may be down.

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1121

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1122

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1123

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, wonderful few shots.  #1123 is a plum.

Scatter Light.

[Michael Lerch]

Looks like you had some fun Ruth! Thanks for your kind words!

Arizona Sunset#1124

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona  Sunset #1125

[Ruth Quist]

Nice photos Michael.  Yes, I did have fun, but it was pretty quiet for cloud activity.

Back Home

[Michael Lerch]

Last rays of the day  Ruth!

Arizona Sunset#1126

 

 

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, nice last rays.

Can’t sleep yet.

[Olga Muratova]

Sunrise over Danube (Donji Milanovac, Serbia)

[Michael Lerch]

Wonderful color Olga!

Arizona Sunset#1127

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1128

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, great colors in #1127 and #1128.

More rays to end the day.

[Michael Lerch]

Cool crepuscular shot Ruth!

Arizona Sunset#1129

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1130

[Michael Lerch]

ArizonaSunset#1131

[Hans Stocker]

Great rays above, Ruth. And great reds in #1129 and #1130, Michael.

Wow

[Hans Stocker]

Let It Loose

 

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, I am thinking you caught the Grand Canyon in your two photos.

Down without any flare.

[Ruth Quist]

Big flare

[Michael Lerch]

Great Colors Everybody! Cool Work!

Arizona Sunset #1132

[Ruth Quist]

Pass the mustard.

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1133

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, very interesting shapes in #1133.  Right side up?

Packing in the color.

 

[Ruth Quist]

Well, good morning to you.

[Michael Lerch]

Ruth .A days catch..fish on a line..The last of the red in the lower rite corner and  the moon shows its rite side up . ..Neat scapes and jagged hills with soft colors ya got there.

Arizona Sunset #1134

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1135

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, the last two are wonderful.  I am off camping for a week.  Cloud and bird watching never gets old.

Sunset at the farm.

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1136

 

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, #1136 could be some happy goldfish.

Getting dark earlier.

[Michael Lerch]

Ruth,  it’s dark by 7 now, seems like it was just 8. Neat shot!

ArizonaSunset#1137

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#1138

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, always love to catch a moon.

7:30 pm.  Better find my way home by 8 pm.

[Michael Lerch]

Thanks Ruth. Nice soft shot!

Arizona Sunset#1139

 

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #1140

[Ruth Quist]

Oooh, nice colors Michael in #1140.

Fading light

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