bowtie` Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Time to fire up a new thread for the New Year. Thanks for all the views in 2021. And as usual will be deleting 2020 and 2021 as I go along to make room for the new images. Tonight the clouds were on the horizon so I went out into the county and farmland to get a clear view. Some nice color even if it was quite a distance away. Start off looking northwest as the red was creeping into the area. Taken with 24-70mm at 70mm. Max red to the west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Some faint but broad crepuscular rays from some over-the-horizon clouds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Cheers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 Today as stuck between the bowling ball to the southeast and a clipper wave to the northwest. as hoping for some decent Sun-cloud interaction as the Sun set into the clipper cirrus. Unfortunately, there were no sun dogs nor iridescence as the Sun met the clouds. Taken with the 100mm... Close to max color dynamics as the Sun was about to sink into the stratus exiting the cirrus. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Last of the color before the light got shut off. Taken with the 100mm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 Once again there were some thickening clouds in the southwest close to sunset. Started off in front of the firehouse. Taken with the 24-70mm at 53mm... Moved to behind the firehouse to get this contrail shadow better. Taken with the 24-70mm at 59mm... Once again with the contrail shadow but in the landscape mode. Taken with the 24-70mm at 31mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 Trouble with being this far from Lake Michigan is that when the flow is just right, I am going to get gunked. I could see some clearing to the east northeast but that hardly does much good towards sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking southwest the sky had that bruise color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 31mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 Last night I missed a perfect sunset. Actually, right as I walked out of the door at work the western sky was at max red and it was glorious. By the time I warmed up the car and pulled out of the lot the color as gone. So I had to deal with something a little more pedestrian tonight. There as some cirrus creeping in from the west as the sun set. Some weak sundogs as the Sun sank into the cirrus. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Best color and dynamics as the Sun disappeared into the thickening cloud cover. Taken with 24-70mm at 35mm... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Conditions were similar to last night. It looked the same to the southwest. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... One thing better was the view to the east. Taken with the 16-35mm at 18mm... Some of the color was better also. The golden minute was nice. Taken with the 100mm... Had a smidge of a red flash. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Cheers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 5, 2022 Author Share Posted February 5, 2022 Seeing how I had an extra day off of work, I as able to be out and shivering for the sunset. When I got out to the firehouse. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... Beginning of the color. Taken ith the 24-70mm at 24mm... About the max color dynamics. Taken with the 24-70mm at 63mm... Shiver me timbers! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 7, 2022 Author Share Posted February 7, 2022 Probably going to over-share here. Was a great evening out at the firehouse. Had some cirrus transit the area in just the right place and just the right time. Some white cirrus and the snow in front of and behind the firehouse when I got out there. Taken with the 24-70mm at 27mm... Just going to head straight to the color, as that is the reason for me being out there. Just before the Sun set as you can see the Sun through the pines on the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 59mm... The orange in the southwest. Taken with 24-70mm at 63mm... The next two images are for contrast and compare. They are taken one and a half minutes apart. Other than some minor cropping they are the same image. But one is a straight lens and the other I used the GND and some feathering of it. The first image is the straight lens. It is as the red was creeping into the area and I am looking due south. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... The next image is using the GND to even up the balance and it makes the colors pop a little bit more. I like this one better even though some people think it looks fake. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm again... Last image of the night is the mega red as it was fading off in the distance. Taken with the 24-70mm at 700mm... Good night my darl'in, wherever you are... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Got lucky this evening. ALl day was socked in with stratus but around 5:00p.m. the stratus rolled east and gave me something of a sunset. First image is right close to sunset. But what I like best about it is the contrail remnant at the top. The striations and ripples in it just made my night. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... While the orange was transitioning to the red. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... As the red was fading from the area. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Cheers!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Had to move out to the farmland in the county to be able to see all the way to the horizon where the clouds were. Close to local sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm... close to max color, what little there was. Taken with the 24-70mm at 67mm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 14, 2022 Author Share Posted February 14, 2022 Had no idea what to expect with the sunset tonight. Could have been a flop or could have been decent. I as out there shivering, just in case. Some nice white over head when I got out there. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... With this image, I was taken by what I thought was a contrail shadow. When I downloaded it, I saw that what I thought as the shadow was on the sun-side of the contrail. That can not happen. The passage of the jet must have cleared a lane in the clouds and gave me an extreme blue lane. for this to happen. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... The start of the color with the orange getting fired up. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Max color dynamics. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Shiver me timbers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 15, 2022 Author Share Posted February 15, 2022 Another busy day behind the viewfinder. Start off with some mid-afternoon clouds and my house. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Some iridescence when I got out to the firehouse for the sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Just a few tiny little clouds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Another *fake* shot looking south with the GND. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Start of the sunset color and the yellows. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... I had high hopes for the red but all I got was this smattering. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 16, 2022 Author Share Posted February 16, 2022 Another nice but chilly night at the firehouse. When I got there the conditions were ripe for iridescence or sun dogs but neither happened. Funny how that works sometimes. Taken with the 24-70mm at 41mm... Using the pine tree as a sun block for the beginning of the color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm... The last two images I used the GND to balance things out a bit. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm... The fading color with two contrails as accents. Taken with the 24-70mm at 63mm... Cheers! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 Tonight was simple. One image to the east and one to the west. Nothing special, nothing fancy. The view to the east. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... The view to the west Taken with the 24-70mm at 33mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 A sun dog kind of night. An early wispy sun dog. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... An overview of a later sundog Taken with the 24-70mm at 33mm... A close-up of the later sun dog. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Last image of the night but no sun dog. Taken with the 24-70mm at 31mm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share Posted March 2, 2022 Some extra nice texture to the sky this evening. Question was, would the color play also? Nice *bumps*. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... Some nice pre-sunset color with the *bumps*. Taken with the 24-70mm at 38mm... And yes, the post sunset color did come out to play! Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... Last image of the evening and what a beauty. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Good night my darlin', wherever you are... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 5, 2022 Author Share Posted March 5, 2022 A first for the season. Was able to take a sunset image after work. Only had time after driving home, of grabbing the camera and walking a block over to the other side of the bank. But at least I was able to document what the sky looked like. Nothing special as a sucker hole opened up at the right time. Taken with the 16-35mm at 21mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 7, 2022 Author Share Posted March 7, 2022 Kind of in a lull between systems today. Starting off mid-afternoon looking north at some cirrus. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... In the alley behind my garage looking northeast. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... Some nice texture to the sky close to sunset looking west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Ending the night with a look to the southwest. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 More texture in the sky this evening. Looking west. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Looking east. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... The late *color* or what little there was. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 16, 2022 Author Share Posted March 16, 2022 Tonight was about crepuscular rays. A tiny one when I got out to the firehouse... A bit later... The last of the evening... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 Another gorgeous top tier evening, tonight. What it looked like to the east when I got out to the firehouse. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... I moved over to the top of Hall-Baker road for the rest of the sunset. I wanted all the horizon I could see and I think I picked the proper location Started off with some contrail shadows. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... A landscape version of the yellows. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Real close to local sunset. You can see the Sun just touching the horizon through the trees. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The last of the color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 I have been slow downloading and processing images because I was outside enjoying the arm dry weather. Now that it is neither I have no excuse for avoiding the work. These are from Sunday evening the 20th. A small sundog close to sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 63mm... More of an overview of the yellows. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... Right close to local sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... The post sunset color. taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 22, 2022 Author Share Posted March 22, 2022 Yesterday, the 21st and the first day of Spring, was a busy day behind the viewfinder. Started out in the early afternoon with a gauzy 22 degree halo around the Sun from the cirrus. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... A look at the cirrus above the courthouse. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... A tiny sundog when I got out to the firehouse for the evening part of the sky show. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... Some swooping cirrus looking east. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... The view to the west was nothing to write home about as the rain was on the way. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Just one image from the sunset this evening. The edge of the upper low was just to my west. I had hoped for a bunch of red post sunset. Had a little red just not the mega amount I was hoping for. But there was a very noticeable red sun pillar. Taken with the 100mm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 Pretty cool cirrus day here. Starting off with some early afternoon cirrus with banding above the corner of my house. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Starting off the evening cirrus with a sundog on the south side of the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... The variety of cirrus and clouds looking southwest. Taken with the 24-70mm at 39mm... A sundog on the north side of the Sun. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm... More banding as the Sun dropped into the thicker stuff on the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... What little post sunset color there was, was towards the northwest and I wwas not in a good position to see that direction. Sometimes you just have to make lemonade. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 Was in an alleyway all day of systems all around me. Managed to have a semi-decent sunset. The beginning color. Taken with the 100mm... The best dynamics of the evening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The fading color. Taken with the 100mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 Finally, that pesky upper low moved east of me around sunset. About time. Looking east when I got out to the firehouse. Taken with the 24-70mm at 42mm... Looking northwest as the Sun was getting fairly low in the sky. I did use the GND to balance out the light a little bit. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Some serious yellows and oranges. Taken with the 100mm... The red flash surprised me. I had packed up and as in the process of leaving when it snuck up on me. I had to get all my stuff back out in a hurry. Taken with the 100mm... Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 An extremely busy day behind the viewfinder. Started off when I forgot to turn off the alarm before going to bed yesterday. Woke up all bummed out that I had to head back to work till I remembered it was Sunday and I did not have to go in to work. Seeing how I was up I went and took images of the sunrise instead. Taken with the 100mm as the Sun was just climbing above the eastern horizon... Now going to transition over to the sunset. There was a couple layers of cirrus so I thought it might get interesting. I did walk back to the pond because I knew I needed to get to as much of the horizon as possible. Seeing how the new business does not like me being behind their building and I know they have cameras back there, I wonder if I will receive another visit from the law enforcement officers in the near future. Time will tell. This is what it looked like just before the Sun dipped below the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 41mm... Here comes the red from the east! Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm and the GND... As the last of the color was heading into the horizon. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm and the GND... Good night my darlin', wherever you are... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 Another fine day behind the viewfinder. Started off with some mid-morning cirrus above the house. Taken with the 24-70mm at 31mm... Moving on to the sunset. Was a busy night with clouds but there were breaks among them. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Starting to thin out a bit. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm and the GND... As the Sun was sinking in the warehouse and the gunk on the horizon. Last vestiges. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowtie` Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 These were all taken yesterday the 19th. I took so many images that I was falling asleep just trying to get them all sorted last night. Had to wait until tonight to process everything. Some late afternoon cumulus Taken with the 24-70mm at 47mm... Had a nice mix of cirrus and cumulus for the sunset. Looking south when I got out to the firehouse. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Used the GND here to try and balance the light left and right. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... Kind of subtle, but the various heights of the cirrus is kind of evident. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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