Tonight’s sunset picture

Sunset east of Oelrichs
Sunset east of Oelrichs

This photo was taken today a few miles east of Oelrichs, South Dakota. Click on the image to see a larger version.

Photo by ©Bill Gabbert, with a Sony A7ii, using a 55 mm f1.8 prime lens.

Tonight’s sunset photo

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.

Sunset, enhanced with fire engines

Redding, CA sunset CAL FIRE engines.
Sunset in Redding, California, August 10, 2014. A strike team of CAL FIRE engines assigned to the Eiler Fire is in the foreground. (Click to see a larger version.) Photo by Bill Gabbert.

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.