Sunset and Sunrises Volume VI

[Hans Stocker]

The thread for Sunsets and Sunrises has got lately an impulse. So here is the start of Volume VI for new surprises of color.

Undulations At Sunset

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, I am so liking the browns and light orange in your Undulations At Sunset. Thanks too for helping with how to post text and photos.  I am going need more practice.      This sunrise looks like Sherbet Booties

[Meryl Schneider]

Hi Hans, I really like your Undulations at Sunset! This is the first time I’m replying/posting on a forum, I see there are no like buttons etc, so do we just enter our comments or posts as a reply (as I am doing here)? Don’t know how this vertical pano will work!

 

[Patricia L Keelin]

Such beautiful images closed Volume V, I can’t wait to see what this next batch brings. And thank you, Hans, for launching us with those soft, beckoning undulations.

A warm welcome to the forum, Meryl! Your pano works perfectly. As I scroll to see where it lands, I have the feeling of floating down like a wisp of cotton candy on a summer breeze. Delightful!

And Ruth, may I offer a a fluffy comforter to go with your lovely Sherbet Booties?

Fluffy

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, I believe my booties would love your comforter. Your kind words are enlightening to us newer members, welcome Meryl. I can see that I am going to need more material to share.

Pink Flambe

 

 

[Daniel Mitchell]

Hans, Ruth, Meryl & Keelin— so many colors! Blues and purples, golds and oranges, reds and grays and browns and stirred up together– a veritable sky rainbow!

And welcome Meryl, to the forum- so glad you’ve joined in the fun :-)

Hans– thanks for kicking off the next volume as well.

I’m afraid I’ve been a bit preoccupied with kids at home, though I did manage to get out last night and was treated to a treasure-house of sunset deliciousness!

[Hans Stocker]

What a great variety of sunsets from everywhere. Welcome in this thread Meryl. Your vertical pano works more than well. Love it. Booties, a Fluffy comforter, a Flambe to enjoy all ending in a well tuned quartet of very different looking sunsets. Are they all taken in one evening Daniel? That must have been a great ending of the day.

Layered

[Meryl Schneider]

Such beautiful photos! comforter, booties, cotton candy – sounds very cozy and welcoming! Daniel, those shots are stunning. Were on a mountain top, or flying?

[Daniel Mitchell]

Hey Meryl— thanks— actually on the ground down in the Willamette Valley, Oregon— just a big zoom lens going deep into the horizon, gives the illusion of being in the clouds, which I love :-)

And yep, Hans— all the same evening– put on quite a show for me over an hour and a half or so.

[Jocelyn Northey]

Such beautiful images to start off a new thread. Lovely warm oranges from Hans, Ruth, Keelin and Daniel. Welcome Meryl your lovely pano adds a new dimension.

Here is my pic from yesterday. It was lovely to see the sun, even for just a brief glimpse before the greyness rolled in again.

[Don Hatfield]

We had a nice sunset the other day, here in Dallas,

 

Sorry, Hans, no eyebrow clouds this time around.

and morphed a few minutes later into

[Don Hatfield]

Jocelyn always manages to capture the most beautiful pastels.  Meryl – you too.

I love the sense of calm both of you bring.

[Ruth Quist]

Everyone’s sunsets are just stunning. I will add my evening ” Blaze of Color”.

[Hans Stocker]

No eyebrows Don, but instead some delicate colors, especially the yellows on the first one. And an equally stunning Blaze of Color, Ruth.

Here is a French version.

Éclat des Couleurs

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, I needed sunglasses for your Blaze! Just fabulous blend of oranges.

[Daniel Mitchell]

Holy cow, Hans! That is some rich sunset action! And your Blaze of Color, Ruth, reminds me of video I’ve seen of lava bombs splattering on the ground.

This one is a bit more subdued from the other night.

The Clouds Go Marching One by One

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #601

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #602

[Ruth Quist]

Purple Haze

[Hans Stocker]

Sounds good Purple Haze, Ruth.

Getting In Tune

[Patricia L Keelin]

Such beautiful images from everyone above! Thank you all for sharing such colorful celestial bookends to the day. Timing makes it rare for me to catch these delights, but here is one from the archives, the last of the sun having slipped silently below a dark blanket of sea.

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, Keelin, Michael, and Daniel I believe a full incredible spectrum of colors just got presented. We could open a paint store.

I am submitting : Little Can Be Plenty

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #603

[Hans Stocker]

The variety of colors and scenery is so great in this thread. It is a joy to scroll through over and over again.

A Bit Deceiving

[Ruth Quist]

Shed Some Light

[Hans Stocker]

Wow, ‘Shed Some Light’ is a marvelous continuation of some crepusculars, Ruth. Love it.

French Sunset Unnumbered

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, thanks for your continued encouragement for a new cloud spotter like myself. We all need positive re-enforcement to thrive.

Your French Sunset is as lovely as a glass of Rose.

[Ruth Quist]

Not so Dramatic

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#604

[Gregory Venarsky]

Hello everyone!

Today I have some pretty wonderful photos to share with you. It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, and so I thought I might as well come back with some pretty incredible stuff to show you all! These two were taken of the same sunset about 20 minutes apart. The second of the two is one of my favorite sunset pictures ever because of its deep red color in a nice little ribbon-like shape.

Enjoy! Hope you all are doing well!

[Hans Stocker]

I enjoy all the former posts without exception, but although maybe “Not so Dramatic” I toast with a glass of rose to that one Ruth.

Doomsday Sunset?

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, your Doomsday is a bowl of blueberries and strawberries in cream to me. The colors are so spectacular.

Fresh Peaches

[Don Hatfield]

My favorite cloud varies from time to time : sometimes lenticular, sometimes cirrocumulus undulatus, sometimes a pileus on a cumulus. Right now, it’s optical phenomena.

Thank you to Ruth and Hans for reminding me that sunset rays are ever and always fascinating.

Looking through some very old – 1999 – (have I been a cloudspotter that long?) film-based photos of mine, I stumbeled upon this one.

 

[Hans Stocker]

Thanks Ruth. Your Fresh Peaches are mouthwatering as well.

And great shadows on your spotting from the former millennium Don :) The date can’t be an issue when it is such a great light show. Timeless in my opinion.

Another attempt.

Just A Moment In Time

 

[Don Hatfield]

Hans – Yours is the perfect way to combine Peaches with Crepuscular rays.

Here’s another from that same, far gone era –

[Ruth Quist]

Don and Hans, I am loving your Crepuscular rays. Reminding me of a big search light. I am off to find more rays that I can share.

[Ruth Quist]

Moon and Big Dark Ray

[Hans Stocker]

Don you found a noce moment to capture this Cb at sunset coloring the anvil in reds.

And you captured a great shadow Ruth. Sorry to be a bit nerdy about it but that’s different from – and even the opposite of – a ray. But very nice anyway.

Blues At Sunset

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, not nerdy at all. I so appreciate any critique of my pictures. I don’t often know what I am seeing, but know what I like in taking a shot. Sometimes I just feel it in my gut when I have captured a nice worth while photo.

Blues At Sunset, those clouds just look happy to end a good day. Greys and yellows together work nicely.

[Patricia L Keelin]

Ruth, Michael, Hans, Gregory, Don, what a joy to see so many beautiful rays and shadows, a bit of moon, and fruit flavored skies spanning the color spectrum from all of you. Especially love the trick of light on wavelike clouds captured in A Bit Deceiving, Hans.

Anyone for another helping of dessert?

Peach Flambé

[Ruth Quist]

Slice of Watermelon 

[Hans Stocker]

Peach Flambé and then a slice of Watermelon? Both mouthwatering colors Keelin and Ruth.

Might there also be some honey around at sunset?

Bear Family At Sunset

[Steven strick]

Morning in Idaho over the Mountains above Boise.

[Donatella Lombardini]

A sunset seen from above the Northern Atlantic.

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#605

[Ruth Quist]

Parfait On A Summer Evening

[Hans Stocker]

Great colors above from all. Sunsets and sunrises keep surprising.

Beam Me Up Scotty

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, wonderful colors in your Beam Me.  Few colors in this early AM shot.  But it went well with coffee.

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #606

[Ruth Quist]

Michael your clouds are on fire!  This photo looks mean, but just moody.

 

 

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona  Sunset #607

[Ruth Quist]

Fall Sunset

[Hans Stocker]

A French Sunset

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, your gallery dog was too fun and the French Sunset spectacular.  This is my favorite forum.

Pomegranate

[Hans Stocker]

Thank you Ruth. I agree about the Forum. Tasty Pomegranate, with nice colors!

Someone tried to scratch this one out…

Saved From The Bin

[Ruth Quist]

Hans, glad your photo did not get scratched.  Created a nice element.  Congrats on your Quill Pen today on the gallery.Getting ready to Dance with the Stars

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#608

[Ruth Quist]

Michael #608 is luscious!Magic Sky

[Hans Stocker]

Last Minute Sunbathers

[Hans Stocker]

Crowded

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset#609

[Ruth Quist]

Drama Queen

[Hans Stocker]

Great colors Michael, in #609. And I really had to laugh when I saw the title under your mamma at sunset, Ruth. Love it.

That  Was It For Today

[Ruth Quist]

Hans,  your gallery photo today captured such energy.  Just wonderful.  I am sure you had great fun with your camera.Orange Dragon

[Michael Lerch]

Happy Halloween

[Ruth Quist]

Friendly Dinosaur

[Hans Stocker]

Thank you Ruth. And yes, the camera gives great fun, like you experience – I suppose – with spotting these colorful creatures at sunset.

ove the colors in your Happy Halloween Michael. It must have been taken at the edge of sunset, partly shadowed partly red colored.

Rothko Sunset

[Michael Lerch]

Yes Hans, definitely a wide angle shot. I like your Rothko!

Arizona Sunset#610

[Ruth Quist]

Michael, boy does #610 have some fine textures and colorsWestward Ho

[Hans Stocker]

I agree, great blue colors in #610 Michael. Also a great westward view Ruth.

Breakthrough

[Donatella Lombardini]

A nice sunset in the Pacific NorthWest. Last night, a cloud formed over this mountain. I am not an expert but I believe it may be a Lenticularis cloud. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Sorry about the plane that was in the way

I hope you like it :)

Can you guess which mountain this is?

[Hans Stocker]

You spotted a marvelous cap cloud Donatella. Love it, coloring in the sunset. Moist stable air is forced upward to pass the mountain, condenses while cooling when it gets higher and evaporates when the air descends  on the other side of the mountain. This way the cap cloud reveals the flow of he air around the mountain. It is the same way pileus develops but that has to be on top of a (cumulus) cloud.

Dutch Mountain At Sunset

 

[Ruth Quist]

Donatella, I love your photo!  I think the airplane is an important element.  It gives an incredible perspective to your picture.  I will take a guess at Mt. Hood in Oregon.A Sedative

[Michael Lerch]

Dona..Nice sunset shot of cap cloud.! I suspect Mt Rainer..I mean..nothin says Pacific NorthWest like Boeing and Mt Rainer..

Arizona Sunset #611

[Hans Stocker]

Quite relaxing your Sedative Ruth.

When I pictured next one I had no idea yet but later it seemed to me a roll cloud in the sunset. Or maybe not? Please correct me when I am wrong.

Rolling Sunset

 

[Gregory Venarsky]

Ah yes,my favorite thread of all. Hello everyone, today I have for you a variety of wonderful clouds in this sunset photo, including a shadow from a thunderhead, some lenticularis,and layering of clouds. Ruth, Michael, and especially Hans(what an array of colors!) all of you have wonderfully beautiful photos. Hope you enjoy!

[Ruth Quist]

Hans,  your Rolling Sunset reminds me of a colorful rope.  Hoping you did catch a roll cloud.  Exciting if you did.

Gregory, your sunset above has a felling of being a delicate time of the evening. Get Ready For A Campfire And Marshmallows

 

 

[Gregory Venarsky]

Ruth I am always ready for some campfires and marshmallows. This one however,was not taken when you’d expect people to do those things. However it does bring a certain warmth to a chilly morning. Presenting(drum roll please :) )

Light Fog within the Sunlit Warmth

[Gregory Venarsky]

Thought I’d share this before I drift off into my cloudy dreams. Do I see a sun pillar? Yes I do

Cloudy, with a slight chance of color

 

[Ruth Quist]

Lobster Claw

[Patricia L Keelin]

Since I’m usually not out during these photogenic bookends to the day, I especially appreciate all who continue to contribute to this beautiful thread. So many truly stunning images from everyone, and some I can’t help returning to see again and again (especially Michael’s #605, Hans’s Breakthrough, Ruth’s Getting Ready To Dance… and the river of mirrored clouds in Gregory’s Light Fog…) for the feelings of rapture they never fail to deliver.

The closest I’ve come to the twilight zone (well, at least in reference to clouds) is this photo below with just a hint of evening’s entrance from a couple of weeks ago. Wish I could have lingered longer to see it take on more classic colorations.

Approaching Sunset

[Ruth Quist]

Gregory, the bold pink is wonderful in your picture above.  Keelin, your cloud looks happy that the day is close to ending.  Beautiful blue in the sky.Orange Twist

[Gregory Venarsky]

Ah, wonderful shots indeed Ruth and Keelin! It is unfortunate that you don’t get to see sunsets though, so I thought I’d share one specifically for you.

For Keelin

[Patricia L Keelin]

Lovely Twist, Ruth. That subtle layer of fog adds a nice depth to the scene.

And ah, Gregory, you must have worked a bit of magic with your kindness in posting that beautiful  sunset for me. Amazingly, there was something dramatic at both ends of the day here! So thank you x 2!

Sunrise, 09 December 2020

Sunset, 09 December 2020

[Hans Stocker]

Approaching Sunset shows some tender colors promising to come Keelin. Did you noticed in the two you took on the 9th of December that at sunrise the reds are much less? Very nice duo anyway.

Love the Lobster Claw by Ruth and the reds the cloudy one by Gregory.

A November Sunset

 

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, you got some colors, beauties!

Hans,  Your greys and pinks must just be in the Netherlands, luscious.  A big WOW.

Gregory,  soft oranges.  So calming.Striated

[Steven strick]

Sunrise in SW Idaho from out back deck. Spectacular!!

[Hans Stocker]

Thanks Ruth. Great differences between sunsets above by Ruth (quite subtle striated) and Gregory (overwhelming reds).

An Opening

 

[Ruth Quist]

Steven, what a blast of orange you captured.  Hans, once again a luscious sunset. A Warm Glow

[Gregory Venarsky]

We’ve seemed to capture a lot of oranges as of late. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but I thought I might mix it up a little.

Strawberry Delight

[Ruth Quist]

Gregory,  nice Strawberry with a hint of greens.More Berries Please

[Gregory Venarsky]

Love the oranges in that shot, Ruth. Sadly, I do not come bearing berries. Here’s a series of 3 images(in case you were wondering, I was reading “Five Little Pigs” by Agatha Christie).

Murder Mystery Sunset.

 

[Patricia L Keelin]

Steven, Ruth, Gregory, Hans: WOW x>4! Your latest offerings make a wildly beautiful and delicious collection. And kudos to Hans for today’s featured Cloud of the Day!

Below, perhaps a heavenly princess wearing a peach chiffon gown was in a hurry to get home to her castle in the clouds? Alas!

Snagged

 

[Ruth Quist]

Keelin, Snagged is just a wonder picture.  Soft yet striking.

Gregory, nice light to read by.Dried Apricots For The Holidays

[Michael Lerch]

Arizona Sunset #612

[Gregory Venarsky]

Ruth, it really does remind one of apricots, doesn’t it? Wonderful capture. Michael and Keelin, both of your pink colored sunsets made me hungry for something sweet, so I believe I may go and eats something in a little bit.

Color Galore

[Patricia L Keelin]

Michael your #612 is a breathtaking beauty! And thank you for the fine feast of delights above, Ruth and Gregory.

One paint chip catalogue gives the color of the bright swath below an interesting name…

Sassy Salamander

 

[Ruth Quist]

Michael and Gregory, very luscious colors in your photos.  Keelin, your Salamander caught a full spectrum of mouth watering colors.  Love all of your shots. Yellow Belly

[Patricia L Keelin]

Love those soft, pretty colors (and your clever title) in Yellow Belly, Ruth.

Here one is from last month. It looked like even the sky got into decorating for the holidays.

Luminario

 

[Hans Stocker]

That is a lovely decorated sky Keelin in Luminario. Lots of lanterns floating by. I just had to scroll back to your Snagged too and the breathtaking #712 by Michael not to mention Yellow Belly and dried Apricots by Ruth and Color Galore  by Gregory.

Color Glimpse

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