Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What an incredible sunset Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 On Nov 9, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: > On the way to this beach we saw a sea turtle bobbing around: a sign of good > luck. When we got to the beach I found this abandoned lounge chair in a > great spot. I thought, sea turtle, good luck, lounge just waiting for me, > sun starting to bust through a break in the clouds (and clouds!). THIS is > going to be a LUCKY sunset. > > Then the sun broke through the cloud break and no-one tried to sit in the > chair; luck is continuing; sailboat just passed under the clouds; this is > the ONE... I looked at the clouds and thought, man if that breaks through > at the very bottom before it sinks into the sea, it is just going to be > glorious!! > > Must've spooked the sea turtle's luck away by thinking that; there was a > small cloud bank way off that blocked the final minutes of the sun, so the > clouds didn't light up at the end. > > So settled for this of the sun breaking through with the sailboat having > just passed (little dot on the horizon to the left of the bright spot). At > any rate, the worst sunset in Hawaii is still not too shabby :-) > > http://www.rgaphoto.com/2011-Hawaii/content/FourSeasonsSunset_MASTER_2011_10_Hawaii_CF003287_large.html > > Hope you enjoy and aren't getting too tired of these bench themed shots... > Best, > Bob > > -- > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.rgaphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information