Sunrise/Sunset let’s see what y’all got

MWgrower · April 21, 2023, 8:04pm

I was super into photography when I was younger, it’s still the artistic medium I excel at but I just don’t have the time, space or money to be into it like I used to be. Especially with other hobbies bogarting all those resources(growing my own food and meds is just a bit more important to me). I love nature photos but sunrise and sunset really get my attention, I’m a stoner with ADD it’s no wonder that colorful things grab my attention:grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: Actually I like sky pics in general the best. Clouds, stars, rainbows, northern lights anything like that but for the purposes of this post let’s see your favorite sunrise/sunset shots that you’ve taken. I’ll have to dig thru the piles in my phone to find my favorites but here’s a pretty one from this morning to start things off

Slick1 · January 4, 2022, 1:29pm

Odd this should pop up since I took this yesterday (and since I rarely take pics of anything, let alone sunsets). It definitely failed to capture 75% of it but it still came out nice.

MWgrower · January 4, 2022, 1:36pm

here’s a few more. I had way better ones but lost a lot of my pics cause I apparently got this phone before a bunch of stuff was backed up. I had panoramic view sunset shots from a rooftop next to Wrigley field overlooking the city that were amazing. Maybe my ex has em still, I’ll have to ask

MWgrower · January 4, 2022, 1:40pm

That is cool. I love the different colors you get at the different altitudes with the clouds. And those thick, rolling wave clouds that you captured in your photo are my favorite. 99% of the time I find photos fail to capture the range of colors snd beauty seen by the eye but they can still be breathtaking anyway. Not to mention cropping and compression to make em fit on the site can screw em up too

Slick1 · January 4, 2022, 1:47pm

It had snowed lightly all day and stopped maybe a half hour before I took that. It was WAY oranger in person and even the darker spots were lit up orange. It was like an led up against a cotton ball.

Those are some nice shots you got! If my pics (or my sunsets) came out like that I might take more!

MWgrower · January 4, 2022, 1:54pm

Honestly they were taken on an old iPhone, but the moments captured were so beautiful that even coming out 1/4 as good as they looked in real life and they still look pretty decent

TestOfOath · January 4, 2022, 2:20pm

Standish/Pinconning, MI sunrises and sets from this year. I thoroughly enjoy sungazing at the bay there on lake Huron, you can stare directly into the sun after it first rises for about 10-15 minutes without doing damage to your eyes. Gives you an incredible feeling inside like something warm is spreading outward from the middle of you.