One Evening

As I have whinged about in the past, we do not reside in the best of areas for sunsets and sunrises. The angles aren't the best and the vistas are limited. Those who have access to lakefront property can do very well, but, alas, I am but a poor man.

Nevertheless, I decided to traverse a rural road recently at sundown. I was more or less just scouting, but I did have my camera. I ended up popping out of the car and taking very quick photos sans tripod and alternative lenses with, perhaps, better focal lengths.

This was one of my quickies. This spot may be worth a longer visit sometime, but for all of the photos, I was forced to park at least partly on the road, and sometimes quite a bit, so I tried to be quick although there was minimal traffic.

On another road a little later, I found spots of mist or fog near ground level resulting from the afternoon downpour. This road was even more problematic than the first one for stopping as the shoulder was almost non-existent.

This ↓ was my favourite photo of the evening. I perhaps should have gotten myself to the very centre of the road, but I did want to catch the fog in the field off to the right as well as up the road, so one does what one can while going about it very quickly. This was actually a blend of two exposures, one for the sky and, of course, the other for the land. I think this is close to what I saw although I have warmed up the lower half. I also decided to remove the dividing yellow line since it was off-centre and distracting.

The next thing will be to look for a sunrise photo not too far from home. The sun rises so early these days, but I also arose in time this morning, since I didn't sleep much past 2:30. However, both the wind and the cloud cover kept me indoors. Good thing as there was effectively no sunrise. I might have gotten a decent photo of ominous clouds, but I am happy that I sat this one out.