Tonight a cumulus cloud at sunset appeared with some virga. Click to see a larger version.
Photo by Bill Gabbert Feb. 9, 2015 with a Sony A7ii with a 55mm f1.8 lens, 1/60 sec, f/9, ISO 125.
Tonight a cumulus cloud at sunset appeared with some virga. Click to see a larger version.
Photo by Bill Gabbert Feb. 9, 2015 with a Sony A7ii with a 55mm f1.8 lens, 1/60 sec, f/9, ISO 125.
As the sun was setting tonight over Wind Cave National Park the clouds were at first too thick for any colors to break through. But thankfully 10 minutes after the official sunset time the clouds thinned producing some beautiful colors — which only lasted five minutes.
Photo by ©Bill Gabbert, with a Sony A7ii, f/8, 1/80 sec., ISO 250, exposure bias -2.3 step, focal length 63 mm.

Some of the readers of this site may agree with the supposition that a beautiful sunset can be enhanced if there are fire engines in the foreground. OK… probably not MANY will agree — but maybe there’s one or two that will. Or, at least ONE. Right? Help me out here!
This was a strike team of CAL FIRE engines that is assigned to the Eiler Fire 40 air miles east of Redding, California. They are working 24-hour shifts and every other day come in to Redding to stay in a motel, where this photo was taken tonight, August 10.