First pink, but faintly.
As the sun bids farewell to another day
the clouds begin to glow.
Blue, then orchid, then wild peach and flaming pink –
as if rolling through giant palettes of water colors.
Nature painted a wonderful canvas tonight.
It was a wildly colorful sunset, and it’s impossible to resist recording the beauty, but like so many straight images, it usually ends up in my ‘just another sunset folder’ on my computer. So I asked myself: “what if?” I’ve been doing a lot of ‘swipes’ lately – panning on still subjects- and so it was with that in mind that I panned horizontally on this amazing sky just to see what I’d get. I ended up liking this one a lot, out of six that I made. It just had a more fluid, wave-like effect in the motion and I felt that added to the painterly effect. I kept some of the dark land in the bottom just for a base to the image.
When looking at the photo yesterday, I had also just unearthed from my messy desk my notebook of poems, essays, and haikus that I’ve been writing, and remembered this poem I had written. It just seemed to fit the image beautifully.
No matter what our situation in life is, we can still be thankful for the wonderful beauty that nature shows us!
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Wow, Brenda — I’m catching up on your blog posts and this one just took my breath away. It’s *gorgeous* …
Looking forward to seeing more from Death Valley!
-Tuna
Thanks, Tuna! I’m just catching up on getting back to my own blog! It’s been a rather busy past few months for me. Now on to posting soon with Death Valley images…thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment!
wow, what a simple concept. That is a truly beautiful image
Thank you, Gary.
Brenda – what a wonderful poem and beautiful photo! Your panning skills are excellent. I tried the same thing recently from the top of our house: http://www.flickr.com/x/t/0099009/photos/yoorock/7984301283/
Sunsets are so elusive, but when you capture even a small slice of them, it’s a great feeling! Thanks for writing about your photography!
Thanks for the comments, Rich – and way to go, you risked your life on the roof to get your image! But I agree, just getting a slice of a colorful sunset can be all you need…
thanks for visiting.
Thanks, David. It can be really fun and you get a few like this one that work.
Lovely image. I’ll have to try panning a sunset, or sunrise.