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Normally this time of year, if it is breezy after sunset, you need to dress in layers. Not here, not tonight. T-shirt weather even in the dark...

Tried a new spot this evening. In past views to the east you can see an elevated roadway in front of a barn looking structure. I was on the side of that road, Hall-Baker Road. Do not care for being right next to that traffic. But it was someplace that looked different. Started off looking to the north from up there. The views to the north look good from up there. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... A view to the west right at local sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 48mm... Beginning of the post sunset color. Taken with the 100mm... Back to the north as the red/orange as shifting from the east to the west. Taken with the 16-35mm at 19mm... A view back to the west as the orange got there. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... A vertical view as the color was vacating the area. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Good night my darlin', where ever you are...

I like yours better...

The clouds and the sunset timed out well for me this evening. When I got out to the pond looking east. Taken with the 16-35mm at 29mm... Looking north-northwest. Taken with the 16-35mm at 23mm... The only image from down on the water looking northwest. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... The owners of the new building did not like me down there taking pictures. So I got run out of there. This image is across the street and on the sidewalk. Looking east again at some of the color. Taken with the 16-35mm at 26mm... Last image of the evening from up across from the firehouse. Looking west-northwest. Taken with the 16-35mm at 17mm... Cheers!

I got lucky this evening. Dry air from the east moved in, in the afternoon and displaced all of the low level moisture. But around sunset a tongue of cirrus from the wave to the south, crept into the area in just the right place and time. Looking to the south as I got to the pond and that tongue of cirrus. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... First look west down at the water. Taken with the 16-35mm at 30mm... Close to local sunset. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... And straight to the beginning of the red. Taken with the 16-35mm at 21mm... Ending the night with the last of the red. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Good night my darlin'. Where ever you are....

This afternoon the inversion broke and had a little convection bubble up. I was sitting on the front steps with the camera and taking crepuscular rays images before the showers came. A little over/under crepuscular ray action. Taken with the 100mm... Some vivid cloud shadows with small iridescence kind of partially hidden. I might have gotten a little over-zealous with the color trying to make the iridescence pop a little more. It is what it is. Taken with the 100mm...

Solid cloud cover over a warm ground does that every time.

Dodging rain drops all afternoon and evening. Starting off with a faint rainbow after a passing thundershower. Taken with the 16-35mm at 32mm... A look northwest right after the rainbow image. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Arriving at the pond and looking east. Taken with the 16-35mm at 22mm... Looking southwest, down at the water just before the showers on the far right of the image rotated through and chased me back to the car. Taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm... Cheers!

Up to 1.36" here now. A nice soaking system.

A little toy train must have set up bisecting the county southwest to northeast last night with me in the center getting 0.90" in the tippy bucket so far. Agrees well with the radar estimates out of KIND. Now to see if we add anything meaningful on the backside of the system.

Made it out for another sunset this evening. Look at all those ripples! Looking southwest right as I got out to the pond. Taken with the 16-35mm at 28mm... Looking northwest as I got down to the water. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... Cheers!

Approaching system again this evening. Looking to the south as I arrived at the pond. Taken with the 16-35mm at 29mm... Looking to the west close to the best dynamics of the evening. Taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm... Cheers!

Second day in a row of 85 at KIND. I'll gladly take this for the end of September.

The only clouds today were during the sunrise. And they were rather far in the distance and fading east fast. But I did get this one image. Taken with the 100mm...

Busy, busy day behind the viewfinder. There was a wave rotating through the area and I was on the very southern part of it. Started off the day around noon when some cirrus was the vanguard of the wave and put some texture in the sky. Looking northwest. Taken with the 16-35mm at 21mm... Looking northeast and using a circular polarizer to make the sky pop a little bit more. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Looking east above the police station and using the circular polarizer again. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... And now onto the evening and back out at the pond. Looking southeast when I got out there. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... Looking north northwest. Taken with the 16-35mm at 21mm... Start off the color portion of the evening with a parhelia (sundog) on the southside of the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 45mm... And now onto the max color dynamics of the post sunset. Taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm... And ending the evening with the fading color moving off to the western horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 60mm... Good night my darlin' where ever you are...

With approaching systems you have to hang your hat on the cirrus if it times out right for you. It kind of came sort of close this evening. With the Sun *up*. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... With the Sun *down*. Taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm and a lot of cropping top and bottom...

lol water spoot

Funny how the conditions were similar to last night, but this sunset did not take off with the colors. The atmosphere can be extremely fickle at times. Still I was out there to document though. Taken with the 16-35mm at 26mm... Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm...

Got to get as much imaging in as possible. This run of nice days have to come to a crash-stop and probably fairly soon. Today was not that day though. First image was at noon. I wanted to get one in case the sunset was socked in. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... I was out for the sunset in case the Sun could round the corner of the cloud shield and sneak in some nice color. Here it looks like it might happen. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... The result was beyond my expectation. It did not last long but it was amaing while it did it's thing. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... As the red was fading, Still thought it looked cool. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Good night my darlin', where ever you are....

weathafella, thank you for doing this again. Reminds me to get that SAD kit all refurbished and the winter reading pile updated.

I had no idea what this sunset might have it's mind set on doing. Right after work I just went to the pond because it was a nice day and there has to be an expiration date on nice days that will soon come due. Glad I did go out there as the visuals ere rather decent. As the Sun as disappearing in the trees on the horizon and some faint crepuscular rays. Taken with the 24-70mm at 60mm... The yellows of the post sunset looking southwest. Taken with the 16-35mm at 23mm... The oranges of post sunset. Taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm... Ending the night with the reds. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Good night my darlin', where ever you are...

Today was about crepuscular rays. As I as driving home from work the Sun rode into the one last cumulus complex on the western horizon. With the dews creeping back into the mid to upper 60's here was some haze that made the rays a little more visible When I got home and grabbed the camera and threw it up in the sideyard. Taken with the 16-35mm at 25mm... Eleven minutes later you can see the cumulus has noticeably shrunk and will disappear in short order. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm...

Only 0.20" in my tippy bucket last night but KIND had 1.04". Kind of the way summer has gone here.

Unless so noted, most of the shots are from Lebanon, IN. About 30 miles north of KIND as the crow flies. Is that what you mean by where are the clouds?

Plenty of cirrus for the sunset this evening. But it depended on the smoke not mucking things up. When I got out there, a tiny sundog on the south side. Taken with the 16-35mm at 32mm... Starting with the post sunset color. Taken with the 16-35mm at 31mm... Some squid red at the top of the frame. Taken with the 16-35mm at 18mm... Back down on the horizon for the last of the color. taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... A little more focal length for the last smidgen. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm... Cheers!