7 Minute Sunset
Photography is all about timing and light, sometimes you wait hours for that one moment you wanted to catch, only to have it escape you through lack of light. Sometimes the light is right but the moment is not, and once in a while you think the moment isn't coming and you almost give up only to have it burst into life before you. The latter of these is what happened to me on an October evening in Cochrane, Alberta.
I'd waited for a sunset to illuminate the storm clouds that were blowing through but after some considerable time with no sign of light I assumed distant clouds were blocking the rays. I almost gave up when suddenly the lower cloud began to take on colour, by the time I raised the camera it was glowing orange against the dark grey cloud and a clear crepuscular ray burst through from the horizon. The black silhouetted trees gave a wonderful contrast to the orange tipped cloud and I made a series of images until the light was gone.
This whole series from left to right took place in just 7 minutes between 7:04pm and 7:11pm, from glorious colour to dying embers, photography really is all about timing and light.
I'd waited for a sunset to illuminate the storm clouds that were blowing through but after some considerable time with no sign of light I assumed distant clouds were blocking the rays. I almost gave up when suddenly the lower cloud began to take on colour, by the time I raised the camera it was glowing orange against the dark grey cloud and a clear crepuscular ray burst through from the horizon. The black silhouetted trees gave a wonderful contrast to the orange tipped cloud and I made a series of images until the light was gone.
This whole series from left to right took place in just 7 minutes between 7:04pm and 7:11pm, from glorious colour to dying embers, photography really is all about timing and light.