Color photo. A cluster of trees, half bare of leaves, at the bottom of the frame. Behind them are the waters of Puget Sound, the far shore of which is a line of low dark hills. The photo is dominated by the sky. On either side of the tree are banks of cloud, going golden from the unseen setting sun. Above the tree, as though it was separating the clouds, is a lane of dark blue sky filled with wispy white clouds.

Yesterday I went over to Seattle’s Discovery Park.  It had been a mostly sunny day and my original plan had been to play around with an old manual focus macro lens, but I got there late and the light for that kind of work was gone.

Instead, I was treated to a spectacular sunset.

We don’t get clouds like that often here, so a brilliant show like yesterday’s is a real treat.  I hope you like seeing it through my lens.  I’m glad I didn’t go with my first instinct, which was to leave my workhorse at home and just bring the macro.  🙂

Gear: Nikon Z 7II, Nikon Z 24-70mm f2.8 S

Color photo. A cluster of trees, half bare of leaves, at the bottom of the frame. Behind them are the waters of Puget Sound, the far shore of which is a line of low dark hills. The photo is dominated by the sky. On either side of the tree are banks of cloud, going golden from the unseen setting sun. Above the tree, as though it was separating the clouds, is a lane of dark blue sky filled with wispy white clouds.
Color photo. At the bottom of the frame are the waters of Puget Sound. A single boat sails across from the right, its wake clearly visible behind. The far shore of the Sound is a line of low, dark hills. The majority of the frame is the sky. On the right, banks of gray cloud, tinged golden near the top of the hills by the unseen setting sun. On the left, dark blue sky filled with wispy white clouds.
Color photo. Sunset, with the sun peaking out from a layer of dark cloud, just above a line of dark hills, which rise up to the right: the Olympic Mountains of Washington State. Above the hills and mountains is a sky filled with many layers and types of cloud. Where the catch the light of the setting sun, they are golden. Where they don't they are dark and ominous. At the bottom of the frame is a line of trees, mostly in silhouette.
Color photo. A panorama of the sky at sunset, with a strip of land with trees and a white house at the bottom. The sky is filled with clouds, and there is a dark bank of them above a line of distant mountains. On the left, the bottom of this bank of clouds is catching the light of the already-set sun, going red and fading to gray on the right.