Beautiful Sunsets Last Week

I went rockhunting last weekend and photographed a beautiful sunset on Saturday evening and Sunday evening both….you be the judge….

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those were Saturday`s sunset images….the next several are from Sunday`s interesting cloudy sunset….

 

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81 Sunday Tree Sunset

 

84 Sunset On Way Home

 

Hope you enjoy it as much as I did photographing and viewing it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Few Weeks of March 2011…

Wow what a first few weeks of March this year…was hoping I could simply coast down to the first days of my vacation this year, but from stress at work to changing weather and more fire calls, it just wasn`t meant to be I guess. Have to say though, there were some pretty sunsets along the way and the snow turned out to be fluffy and beautiful, as you can see in some of the images down below the sunsets.

 

and I also like the sunset I photographed up on our new Elmont Road Bridge over I-44 recently….

Elmont Road Bridge March

…I usually place it in my images from a distance and silhouette it, but in this case, it looked so good in the rearview mirror, I turned around and parked up on the shoulder and got out to shoot it…I hate shooting through the windshield unless absolutely necessary…

The farmpond I shoot at alot, is a great reflection pool and there is a nice tree off to the side that silhouettes well too…

Farmpond Sunset 3

and framed right, you can include the reflection of the tree in the water as well…

Farmpond Sunset 4

and just out of sight, the water is just like a mirror for the sky and God`s canvas…

Farmpond Sunset 5

and right down the road is a great Powerline that makes yet another great silhouette subject for sunsets…

Powerline Sunset March

 

Powerlines Sunset

and this set of trees is nearby with horses in the field below them…

Setting Sun March

…and then we come to the beauty of snow…a wet snow more than anything else…I dropped Missy off last week at the Beauty Shop with Sandy taking good care of her and took a spin around town to capture these images of the fluffy unexpected snow…

Bacon Ridge Road Sentinels

…capturing these sentinels along Bacon Ridge Road first…

Trees East of Town

 

..and these trees in a field at the east end of Sullivan….racking my brain on where to find a nice old barn to photograph…a wood sided barn mind you, they have much more character than their metal counterparts…and finally remembered where one was, so I headed that direction….

Late March Seminary Road 5

…these trees along a curve on Old Springbluff Road…

Late March Seminary Road 4

…and these trees on Seminary Road….

Late March Seminary Road

…and as I drove down the road, the biggest snowflakes I have seen in some time, started coming down hard and fast…flakes as big as my hands…

Wright Barn on Seminary Road 5

..and there it was, looking very comfortable in the snow covered field…

Wright Barn on Seminary Road 3

…had this been Christmas time, I would have been reminded of the Walton Shows on tv, where rural scenes always give you a warm and fuzzy feeling….I headed back toward town and crossed Boone Creek…

Late March Boone Creek

..and turned down Ernie Road where I found this neat looking creek crossing…

 

Late March Creek Crossing 3

..and down WW to Ehrhardt Road….

Late March Ehrhardt Road at WW

…and then turned down Landon Road to check out the farmpond that I frequently shoot the sunsets at…and found another beautiful scene awaiting me….

Late March Landon Rd Barn and Cow

 

…fluffy snow like this can take the most bland looking winter scene and turn it into a Christmas Card.

Beautiful Sunsets

We have been fortunate to have some pretty sunsets the first few weeks of January along with the snowfall…one I photographed with my camera after spotting the approaching colors,  at the ballpark near the city pool….

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0126 Ballpark Tree

 

0126 Ballpark Tree 2

 

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…and the next day, I only had my cellphone camera and shot the pretty sunset with it…

0127 Ballpark 2

…the melting snow on the dirt of the ball diamonds, adding a nice reflection to the pretty colors…

0127 Ballpark 3

more than likely, the next installment will be more snow images, as we are bracing for a historical snowstorm starting early tomorrow morning…