Thursday, July 24, 2008

POTD CHALLENGE: NATURE

I am still here on the southern Oregon coast. This sunset photo was taken from the front porch of my sister's home. I have never seen a sunset like this before, where all the usual colors were gathered in the orb itself and not stretched out across the horizon. The sun looks like it is a cut-out, just pinned up on a backboard. It was amazing. This is one of several in a series; the last one I took during pitch darkness, but the sun looked the same. I will post it next time.
My sister's home is settled in an old-growth forest:
I am still (and ever will be!) learning my Nikon D300. I was amazed that what I saw in the viewfinder was darkness, yet because of certain settings, the photo turned out showing the real post-dusk glow:

2 comments:

pat said...

Oh my goodness, ML!!! The gull photo is amazing, since you said that it was completely dark out. LOVE the feel of it. You are certainly learning to work with Meri. And, you know how much I like the forest shot; I love stuff like that. C's surroundings are certainly beautiful.

summerbl4ck said...

love the color in the shot with the seagull! wow