Sunset beyond trees
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Image of the day – 206
What’s in an image? Sometimes quite a lot, more than meets the eye. I’m posting an image whenever I can.
Like most people, I absolutely love sunsets. The colours vary between subtle and garish. The sky may be clear of clouds leading to a blue sky overhead grading evenly to pink or orange on the western horizon or it may be quite cluttered with cloud as in today’s image.
Whenever I have an opportunity to capture a picture like this I just go for it. I wonder what aspects of the scene particularly stand out for you? Leave a comment to let me know. Also, I love photography generally, and always have.
Here’s what I like in today’s photo
- The gradual colour change on the far left from pure blue above to a murky orange/brown at the horizon
- The tracery of the silhouetted branches of the trees.
- The subtle upward rays of the sun just above the horizon on the left
- The vivid glare of the sun, far left
- The mixed greys and oranges of the clouds
- The barely visible detail of the fields at the bottom
Exceptions
One exception is in the upper right where some little, scrappy clouds have only the merest hint of greyness, being almost entirely pink. Another exception is the only hint of animal life I can find in the photo; there are some birds perching in the highest branches of the tree in the centre. You won’t see these birds at all unless you click on the thumbnail image and then click it again.
Little exceptions like this are always worth looking for in any photo or painting. They are often the things that really bring an image to life. My advice is to look for such details in your own photos, in drawings and artwork in galleries, in books of paintings and photos, in maps ancient and modern and in what you see as you walk around this wonderful world. Our surroundings are full of rarely noticed beauty and detail. So go out and begin to notice. What is the smallest new detail you can spot today? Again, let me know in the comments at the bottom of the article.
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