Earlier today, I used a #MacroLens to #photograph a subject close up. Now I switched to a #telephoto lens with a #FocalLength of 400 mm to capture objects effectively at #infinity.

You may have seen some of my #sunset #photographs before and, yes, it's the same #horizon and the same old #Sun but this one caught my eye because of its sharpness. There wasn't a cloud in the vicinity of the Sun when it was setting. You can see the bright, smoothly varying #yellow, #gold and #orange of the #sky contrasting the dark, sharp #silhouettes of the #trees in the #foreground. Also there's that mobile phone mast too.

#Cropping the image around our local #star, you see the #trees in what I'm calling #ExtremeSilhouette as the blinding light of the Sun seem to flow around solid wood and renders it invisible with only the ends of branches seemingly suspended in mid air disconnected to the trunk and giving the Sun the appearance of having spiky hair.

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The same #sunset but with different #ShutterSpeeds. The first is a longer #exposure and the #Sun shows an interesting set of #rays only the bottom, rather like beard.

The next is a shorter exposure and hence the there is little detail in the foreground #silhouettes and the #colours are more subdued.

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Another #sunset for you. Calling it a sunset belies an arrogance on our part implying that we are stationary and the #Sun is moving around us, along with every other star in the universe! But is there another pithy term we could use? Maybe #SolarOcclusion but it hardly roles off the tongue. I expect there is a more technical term used by astronomers and meteorologists. Anyway, some nice #colours and #silhouettes there.

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Today's #sunset is typical of clear days in #January, the #colours are pale. In the #foreground are the #silhouettes of a couple of #birds in the #treetops.

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This morning I posted a moonset. It has largely been a #sunny #day and as #sunset approaches, I #photographed the #Sun, which led to #silhouettes in the #foreground and plenty of #LensFlare. Still cold out there with the #temperature a couple of degrees above #freezing but bone dry.

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Official buildings | church yards | refuelling & the ole Bank of the commonwealth.

Lights lamps & streetscape

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Nearing #Sunset after a day with broken #clouds and you can see speckled nature of the #sky. In this wider-angle #photograph you can see the nature of the distribution of #colours.

#Zooming in to the #Sun itself as it emerges from behind a cloud makes for an interesting shot of #orange #hues. You can also see the #silhouettes of #trees and a telecommunication tower.

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The last remnant #rays of #sunshine were skirting this #cloud on the #horizon just now and illuminating the edges nicely.

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This #evening's #sunset is shown here along with #silhouettes of #trees and #birds in the #foreground. You can also see a couple of human artefacts too, such as a #pylon and a portion of a house.

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Around this time of year and again in about January/February, the #Sun sets behind a clump of #trees from my vantage point. On a clear evening, it creates an interesting effect as its final rays of the day shine between the #branches and above #rooftops to create a #collage of #silhouettes.

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It's interesting to observe the effects of #framing on the mood of a #photograph. Here is this #evening's #sunset and #sky is relatively clear and bright. The #seagull seems to be carefree too.

However, #zooming into #trees near the #horizon, suddenly, it's dark and a little bit foreboding, the #gull even adds a bit of suspense to the image. I'm calling this Sunset, Seagull, #Silhouettes.

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#FullMoon #Silhouettes

#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211010.html
https://vimeo.com/58385453

#APOD #Moon

Amazing 3D book illustrations by Yusuke Oono

Yusuke Oono creates incredible 360°Books; beautiful 3D ‘sculptures’ which tell a story. Each book is a colourful and beautifully delicate representation of its story, with the most enchanting silhouettes.

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