Christmas Eve Sunset

thereyougo! · Dec 24, 2016

Some from earlier today from my roof.

I looked out the window and saw this flash of light over the sea and grabbed my Z, with the 75 attached plus the 80 - 160 and 400 f/5.6 and ran up the three flights of stairs to the roof...

FA 75 f/2.8

Xmas sunset on roof copy by singingsnapper, on Flickr

FA 400 f/5.6

Xmas sunset from roof 2 copy by singingsnapper, on Flickr

FA 80 - 160 f/4.5

Xmas sunset from the roof 3 copy by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Rick50 · Dec 24, 2016

Pretty cool.

WesternGuy · Dec 25, 2016

That must have been quite a dash up three flights of stairs with that gear. :biggrin-93:

It was well worth it. Numbers 2 and 3 tie for my favourite in these.

I am curious as to whether or not you waited until after the sunset and took some more images. I have found that often the 10-15 minutes after sunset can produce some spectacular colours in the sky.

WesternGuy

Desert Rose · Dec 25, 2016

I like 2 best but it looks like you are in a rather polluted environment there.

thereyougo! · Dec 27, 2016

WesternGuy said:
That must have been quite a dash up three flights of stairs with that gear.

It was well worth it. Numbers 2 and 3 tie for my favourite in these.

I am curious as to whether or not you waited until after the sunset and took some more images. I have found that often the 10-15 minutes after sunset can produce some spectacular colours in the sky.

WesternGuy

I did indeed wait around:

645Z FA 80 - 160 at f/6.7 ISO 640 1/50 80mm

After sunset Xmas on roof copy by singingsnapper, on Flickr

WesternGuy · Dec 27, 2016

Nice - waiting around can often give you some good colour as well. One of my best sunsets was in Death Valley a few years ago. The clouds were at the right altitude and about 10 to 15 minutes after the sunset, the entire sky was a reddish pink.

WesternGuy