Amazing underlit sunset clouds and reflection at Abraham Lake.

This was a couple of weekends ago, at another location on the lake, on the same day as yesterday's posting. It was at a place called "Windy Point", which is aptly named - you can see that the larger tree on the left is blurry from the wind!

We had been there for sunset, and nothing happened, and some of the photographers had left, and the sun had descended beyond the mountains west. We were sitting in our truck, deciding that we'd just wait a bit more.

Then, over a period of just a few minutes, the sun must have been lined up right with a gap in the clouds beyond our view on the west horizon, and underlit the EASTERN clouds. So this is the view looking north-east at sunset! We raced out of our vehicle, set up our tripods, and got a few shots and then it was gone in minutes. I'll post a couple more pictures over the next two days.

Posted 2013-02-14.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Amazing underlit sunset clouds and reflection at Abraham Lake.

This was a couple of weekends ago, at another location on the lake, on the same day as yesterday's posting. It was at a place called "Windy Point", which is aptly named - you can see that the larger tree on the left is blurry from the wind!

We had been there for sunset, and nothing happened, and some of the photographers had left, and the sun had descended beyond the mountains west. We were sitting in our truck, deciding that we'd just wait a bit more.

Then, over a period of just a few minutes, the sun must have been lined up right with a gap in the clouds beyond our view on the west horizon, and underlit the EASTERN clouds. So this is the view looking north-east at sunset! We raced out of our vehicle, set up our tripods, and got a few shots and then it was gone in minutes. I'll post a couple more pictures over the next two days.

Posted 2013-02-14.

Happy Valentine's Day!