Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHON (Image ID:124-6437)You know how you sometimes get a lucky shot? This was the perfect example. I shot this back in March this year. I was on a freeway, driving south into gathering darkness. I had hills in front of me, cloaked in the black velvet of warm night. But my rear view mirror? Ah, that was a different matter altogether ....
I could see a rapidly diminishing patch of sky behind me, reflected in my mirror, with a range of vivid colours. But I was certainly not going to pull off the freeway just to take a shot or two.
When I eventually came to my exit, the patch of colours had shrunk to a tiny area above the distant horizon. On the expanse of the exit ramp, in little or no traffic, I finally pulled over with plenty of space to spare. How lucky was I: instead of my normal 18-125mm lens, my camera had a 70-300mm lens fitted, so I didn't have to carry out a quick swap.
This was shot at the full extent of the 300mm lens - and yes, the telephone pole actually gave the frame a bit of character as I shot into the distance.
Are those mountains along the horizon David?
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to see something similar as a sunrise this morning!
I have a question for your readers David.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone else get a 'permanent failure' come into their email when they leave a comment?
I can see my comment made it here just fine but for some reason it thinks I'm emailing you.
Anyone else?
What a blaze of colour in that sky. It looks on fire.
ReplyDeleteAs a rule, I don't like telephone wires traipsing across a scenic view, but I have to agree with you, that does seem to add character.
Maggie X
Nuts in May
Fabulous ...
ReplyDeleteAs someone once said (and is often quoted): "Fortune comes to the prepared mind". You were prepared.
ReplyDeletewow. waht vivid colors...the orange and the purple play well together...
ReplyDeleteGlorious skies and what a breathtaking way to wind down one's day! Superb capture as always, David. Wishing you and your family a great weekend! Oh, and I get the same message that "aims" refers, too????
ReplyDeleteSylvia
Neat work David, The God of Photos travels with you.
ReplyDeleteWhat a stunning sunset!
ReplyDeleteit looks like the sunsets in Arizona... Tucson is famous for its purple-orange-pink skies framed by the Catalina mountains and lots of desertic flora. Great shot!
ReplyDeleteOh My! :0
ReplyDeleteThat is so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteNo such thing as good luck David, in this case a "good eye" as this is a beautiful picture and you knew just when to take it....Hugs
ReplyDeletewooaaaa that looks absolutely beautiful... really lucky indeed. Amazing colors :D
ReplyDeletemakes me want to paint it..though it would never look so good l'm sure.
ReplyDeletesaz x
Wonderful. Amazing colours, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous shot! Just fabulous! Thanks so much for stopping by and for the follow! Welcome back to Blogland!
ReplyDeleteHi Aims - no the purple outline behind those trees is actually low cloud! The hills were actually directly behind me.
ReplyDeleteHi Aims - the comments still publish, but I have a glitch when it comes to the add-on of having each comment appear in my email system. Will fix it as soon as I have time.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Maggie - and from where I was standing, this was the ONLY patch of colour, so the telephone pole had to make its way into the shot!
ReplyDeleteMerci, Daryl - was hoping I'd make it to an exit with time to spare, before the colours vanished!
ReplyDeleteVery kind words, RuneE. Thank you, sincerely.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Brian - I've only seen the orange and purple together a handful of times.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sylvia - hope you have a great weekend too. Don't worry about the failure message - it just means there is a glitch in delivering each comment to my email.
ReplyDeleteiMac, what a superb thing to say. I shall remember that and quote you, often!
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Betsy - lucky tere was some colour left when I got off that freeway!
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what I said, Akelamalu - I was hoping I'd make it to the freeway exit in time.
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Ayak - it was a VERY long shot. Those trees were about 1.5km away from me, hence the haze.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your kind words, as always, Bernie.
ReplyDeleteThanks for that information, OJ - sounds like the place I'd like to visit the next time I'm in the US!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Rajlakshmi - I was mesmerised!
ReplyDeleteHi Saz, I often think the same thing. OK, you're right - I shall paint it, indeed!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Hilary - I was watching the colours diminishing as I drove and thought there would be nothing by the time I got to my exit!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Marguerite - great to be back among friends again!
ReplyDeleteNature is just perfect! You couldn't ask for better.
ReplyDeleteAmazing the character a telephone pole can add to a photo. This is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh David, what an amazing photo. The colors are so royal and rich. Thank you for sharing this one.
ReplyDeleteblessings to you today.
Brilliant shot David . . . . . love the colours. I have not officially thanked you for following my blog - I do so now and I am honoured ~ Eddie
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting such a wonderful shot. It is quite grey in England at the moment so it was a pleasure to see this.
ReplyDeleteThank you also for your stopping by my blog, I couldn't agree more with your comment; so true! :-)
Holy cow! It's more beautiful than a black velvet painting.
ReplyDeleteThis is a real stunner, David!!! Nature paints a sunset in extraordinary colors, and you are there to capture it!!! Fantastic!!! Love it!!! Cheers!! Janine
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