In this post, I promised a brilliant sunset with the volcanoes being the foreground subject.
Last Friday night (the day after the “Everything is Pink” sunrise), I knew we were going to have a wonderful sunset. Why? Well, actually most sunsets here are wonderful. But I actually knew it was going to be spectacular because Friday morning we had a near repeat of the “Everything is Pink” sky, and the night before, the sunset was fabulous. (While I was driving across town to stamp–without camera because I was late.) So I decided to drive somewhere to watch it. Chic wanted to go (I love this about my children), so we went to a place with a view of the volcanoes.
We were not disappointed. Chic spent the next 45 minutes mostly racing around in the open desert, but not missing the magnificent display of nature. I mostly sat in my warm car with the window down to get pictures.
It was difficult to decide what picture to use; I was shooting for 45 minutes. In the end I picked two that are from close to the same time–just different views. I try to not put up too much stuff on SkyWatch Friday because there are so many to visit, but I just had to do two. There are lots more from this shoot that are “worthy,” so you may see some eventually when we have more of our “same skies every day.”
Whenever I post photos of my brilliant skies, I get questions about editing my photos. First, I rarely edit anything other than cropping and resizing. But what little editing capabilities I have with my software absolultely do NOT enhance sunrises and sunsets; these are all straight from the camera. Happy SkyWatch!
To see LOTS more terrific sky pictures or to find out how to participate in this meme, head to the SkyWatch blog.
November 20, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Beautiful – your skies are stunning – I have to come see them in person, it seems. Lovely post – glad Chic enjoyed the sky too.
November 20, 2008 at 1:26 pm
Spectacular!!!!! Louise, can you email me. I need to ask you a question and can’t figure out how to email you. Many thanks, Lynn
November 20, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Oh. Wow. I swear you have mastered sky shots Louise. The color is so vibrant and alive.
November 20, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Wow, wow and wow! Breathtaking color!
November 20, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Incredible! The sky is so vibrant! I bet you like this time of year, right?
November 20, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Great taken and impressive colors.
November 20, 2008 at 2:38 pm
WOW, love the color. Great photo’s!!
Take care.
November 20, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Perfect catch! Happy SkyWatching! I am back now… Hope you’ll visit mine too…
November 20, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Wow! Really great photos! you’ve done a very good work!
November 20, 2008 at 3:00 pm
i really think i am on mars when i see your sky!
November 20, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Vibrant colors and dramatic shots. Very romantic too. Love them both.
November 20, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Fabulous shots. You have amazing skies.
November 20, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Wow wow and tripple wow. The colors are awesome. Really good work.
Marit
November 20, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I love the warm orange in the sky. We get sunsets much like that in AZ and I’m sure people think I photoshop as well. These are beautiful and I love the mountains in the background!
November 20, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Beautiful shots — much closer than I was for mine. Don’t you love the sunset burning behind the old volcanoes?
November 20, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Wonderful colour and perfect shots.
November 20, 2008 at 3:45 pm
You do get beautiful sunsets. Thanks for sharing the beauty.
November 20, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Beautiful!
Not so often we see that orange tone in our sunsets. Very good captured!
November 20, 2008 at 3:48 pm
OMG – Awesome!! Thanks for sharing those lovely photos!
November 20, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Woh, a realy great coloured sunset and a beautiful silhouette. Worth to spend the time for this shots.
November 20, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Louise I think it would be impossible to enhance these lovely pictures, they are great.
Glad chicklet is feeling better.
November 20, 2008 at 4:26 pm
See, this is another reason I’ve always loved NM. Great photos.
November 20, 2008 at 4:33 pm
We can trust in Nature to create such wonderful colors. No need to enhance whatever detail! That’s pure marvel.
November 20, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Yes, that’s straight from your camera! I looks soooo great! Wonderful and breathteaking! I love it! I had a sunset this autumn and it was all yellow and UNBELIEVABE! Sometimes you get it!
Your sky is so special because it is set against the dark shilouette of the landscape. Great! 😉
November 20, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Just one more word: PERFECT!
November 20, 2008 at 5:49 pm
Gorgeous. I’m so taken with both of those. I might even try painting them. The colours and contrast is mesmerising.
November 20, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Beautiful, Louise. This is the time of year when some people have perpetual grey skies so I’m sure that your beautiful skies will be much appreciated by them especially.
November 20, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I left ny comment in the wrong post! Ooops! Here it is again –
What a beauty! I like the last photo best. I think its because of the expanse of different shades of colour. My offering this SWF is similar, but no where near as good as yours!
November 20, 2008 at 6:14 pm
Those are spectacular Louise. Who could get tired of sunsets? Certainly not me.
November 20, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Absolutely beautiful, you are right, we do have a plethora of beautiful sunsets here in New Mexico.
November 20, 2008 at 7:02 pm
Isn’t that a wonderful thing about sunsets, they do all the work and make us picture takers look good. Beautiful!
November 20, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Incredible, absolutely stunning photos Louise. Your post was a very enjoyable read also, perfectly idyllic in fact, out in the dessert with one of your children. A great photo shoot!
November 20, 2008 at 7:35 pm
Very beautiful skywatch photo. Love the beautiful colour. Your daughter must be so fascinated by the amazing place.
November 20, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Beautiful sunset colour.
What are that two arch at the left side of first pic?
Have a great weekend!
November 20, 2008 at 8:09 pm
GReat paintings with your camera, Louise!
November 20, 2008 at 8:12 pm
This is a good shoot of silhouette during sunset.Beautiful.
Have a nice day.
November 20, 2008 at 8:55 pm
gorgeous sunset shots…
thanks for sharing with everyone.
have a great weekend.
erin
November 20, 2008 at 8:56 pm
So darn pretty! I’m glad you were able to capture these…
http://happywonderer.wordpress.com/2008/11/20/sky-watch-friday-the-good-and-the-tragic-skies/
November 20, 2008 at 9:10 pm
These shots are stunning!
With volcanic mountains in the foreground, the shots are all the more rare and precious.
November 20, 2008 at 9:10 pm
You have such incredible skies! Beautiful!
November 20, 2008 at 9:22 pm
How gorgeous…love the volcanoes against that beautifully colored sky.
November 20, 2008 at 9:44 pm
What beautiful oranges in your sky!!
November 20, 2008 at 9:50 pm
WOW! Those photos are like painting!~Mine is, HERE. See yah!
November 20, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Really stunning, Louise! Glad you took time to get these! Happy SkyWatching!
November 20, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Oh Wow! Glorious!
November 20, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Just as you promised!
I LOVE the last one! The colors, the composition – it’s a terrific shot.
November 20, 2008 at 10:29 pm
That´s a perfect beauty of the red desert sun. I also like the silhouette of the mountains that make me think of a lying human. I can´t go further with my associations as SWF is a family oriented meme…but I think you have spotted it too!
November 20, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Beautiful sunsets, love the color.
November 20, 2008 at 10:54 pm
*gasp* Whoa! All I can say is “good golly miss molly!” Fantabulous!
November 20, 2008 at 10:54 pm
You captured those shots perfectly. They are so rich and saturated with color.
The first one is my favorite.
Happy Sky Watch Friday!
Lisa
New Mexico, USA
November 21, 2008 at 12:13 am
Really stunning, Louise. You did a great job with these. I don’t tinker with photos, either, except to crop and re-size — or occasionally straighten a horizon. I like to see what I can get with the various camera settings. I guess the habit is a carry-over from my film-shooting days.
November 21, 2008 at 12:53 am
Greetings from snowy Finland!
Your photos give really spectacular view and colors, which we have next 5-6 very little.
Perhaps some colorful sunrises and sunsets, but not many and everything outside will be white until April 🙂
Happy weekend to you!
November 21, 2008 at 1:05 am
I love the contrast. The colors are so beautiful against the black.
November 21, 2008 at 1:59 am
Oh my goodness that is just too beautiful, the sky is definitely on fire
November 21, 2008 at 2:48 am
A very bright and beautiful sky. 🙂
November 21, 2008 at 4:46 am
I haven’t seen a while such magnificent colors. Fantastic pictures!
November 21, 2008 at 4:59 am
STUNNING! I am in awe of this sky oh my word simply stunning!
My SWFis Cold:
http://nature-trail.blogspot.com/
November 21, 2008 at 5:05 am
thats what you call pink eeeh! very nice sky I love those, “they”say thats sand from the desert, do you think so too?
Mine is here: http://www.joannwalraven.blogspot.com
Good weekend wishes for me
Greetings from JoAnn
November 21, 2008 at 5:46 am
Straight from the camera and also straight from your HEART! Beuatiful!!!!!
November 21, 2008 at 6:28 am
What a wonderfull fiery red sky. I like the contrast with the mountains.
November 21, 2008 at 6:45 am
amazingly beautiful! hands up! 🙂
November 21, 2008 at 7:52 am
omg, that is absolutely gorgeous! no wonder you have so many comments 😉
November 21, 2008 at 7:56 am
Totally beautiful.
November 21, 2008 at 8:49 am
Just gorgeous. I haven’t seen a good sunrise or sunset in…oh, too long!
November 21, 2008 at 9:54 am
Oh, my I am blown away. These are incredible. How fortunate you are to live in such an area to capture such glorious sunsets.
And you do it so well. These are breath taking. The last one almost looks like a painting.
All I can say is Wow!!
Thank you Louise for stopping in to see me too.
Happy SWF:-)
November 21, 2008 at 10:18 am
Wow, a glorious sunset. Thank you.
– celine
http://indicainq8.wordpress.com
November 21, 2008 at 11:00 am
They are stunning! Real ride off into the sunset stuff.
‘And I wish I was a wild west hero’
November 21, 2008 at 11:06 am
These are absolutely stunning, Louise! Just gorgeous! Wish I could have been there to see it in person, but because of your wonderful photography, I get the next best thing!
Marie
November 21, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Lovely shots and breathtaking colors!
Have a nice weekend.
November 21, 2008 at 12:52 pm
These pictures are so fiery! You really get a magnificent sense of drama from them. I imagine it must have been very hard to select which ones to post if you were taking pictures for 45 minutes. I always find choosing the right image hard, but this looks like it must have been a truly tough job 🙂
November 21, 2008 at 12:54 pm
And you kept your word .. exquisite!
November 21, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Spectacular photos. The colours are gorgeous.
I have never been disappointed by any of your skywatch post, not a single time. I always look forward to see your sky.
Happy skywatching.
November 21, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Very very cool! The colors defy words and description. Thanks for sharing!
November 21, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Hi Louis, 72 is my lucky number. I’m claiming it so had better hurry before I get bumped.
I like your ‘pink’ (orange?) sky pictures. Kids motivate us to do a lot.
Happy SkyWatching. I have a foggy morning with dew on the grass picture taken from my back porch on today.
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November 21, 2008 at 4:18 pm
And I thought I’ve seen the sky in all colors!…there’s orange!!! a beautifully captured one!
November 21, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Louise
Thanks for the visit on my blog.
I loved your photos of a beautiful sky.
Cheers.
November 21, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Louise absolutely beautiful pictures of the volcanoes
November 21, 2008 at 6:38 pm
One word: Wow!
November 21, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Fantastic sky!!!
November 21, 2008 at 7:08 pm
absolutely breathtaking love the reds!
November 21, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Wow Louise, these shots are stunning. I can’t imagine how you managed to limit yourself to two pictures.
November 21, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Stunning! Absolutely fantastic…love the oranges.Very beautiful indeed!!! Have a great week end Louise:Thanks for sharing.
November 21, 2008 at 7:45 pm
Perfect!!! Thanks for sharing.
November 21, 2008 at 7:54 pm
These photos are so very beautiful. They are formidable, too. They remind me that nature is an awesome power and yields awesome beauty.
November 21, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Great sky. It’s rare to have all that color cover so much of the sky. Usually you only see a ribbon of it at the horizon.
November 21, 2008 at 11:24 pm
What a breathtaking sight this is.
November 22, 2008 at 12:01 am
please note that you have asked me to link back to skywatch on my alternate blog which coincidentally carries a sky picture but with jottings (hence that blog of mine is called photings). I always link back as you will note on my skywatch blog.My Skywatch post is @ http://mumbai-eyed.blogspot.com/2008/11/skywatch-friday_21.html
and is linked back to Skywatch blog.
This for your information.
Thank you.
November 22, 2008 at 7:25 am
Great shots always here !
Your skies are very pretty with “orange” colours…
See You later !
November 22, 2008 at 8:01 am
GREAT GREAT GREAT ORANGE
November 23, 2008 at 12:02 am
Yes, the color of the skies often exceeds all the retouching-programs!
This is a great Sky Watch, Louise.
November 23, 2008 at 6:10 am
What SPECTACULARLY dramatic photos here! Thanks for visiting mine at Sacred Ruminations. I appreciate your lovely comment and the link back here to yours.
Hugs and blessings,
November 23, 2008 at 8:32 am
Great sunset photos.
November 23, 2008 at 8:50 am
Hello, and wow! What an incredile sky and very well captured- lucky you living somewhere so spectacular. Thank you so much for your comment on my post that David from authorblog, I’m glad to find your lovely blog!
November 23, 2008 at 1:28 pm
A nice shot with a warm glow.
November 23, 2008 at 1:39 pm
Glorious sunnset shots.
November 24, 2008 at 10:45 am
Wow. Such fantastic colours.
November 24, 2008 at 11:21 am
Totally amazing!!
November 24, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Louise: How do you get so busy on SWF you miss your friends. I’m sorry and those are neat photos.
November 25, 2008 at 7:14 am
My goodness! You had all these comments, yet took the time to leave one on my first SkyWatch! Thanks, and I enjoyed looking at your other photos. I especially like the one of the girl up high looking down. You live in a beautiful area.
November 25, 2008 at 9:12 am
That sky is surreal, like a canvas of orange! I had no idea volcanoes had such an impact on the sunset!! Lovely!
November 25, 2008 at 9:13 am
Uhm… I seem to like be drawn to posting the 100th comment! Lol!