Early in our stay here in the Florida Panhandle, we had an incredible sunset. It just continued to evolve and travel across the sky and didn’t seem to want to end.
This was after several days of rain and storms that came through the Florida Panhandle where we’re now staying for a bit. As the day was coming to an end, the sky was full of the high, wispy clouds that tend to make for the best sunsets. I had my hopes up that we’d get a good one and it didn’t disappoint. Color was everywhere. It developed here, then intensified over there, then back over here. It was a real challenge to decide where to point the camera at times. In this image the actual point where the sun went down was at the far right side of the frame. The cloud formation in this direction was better however and it really put on a show. Having the moon in the upper part of the image was nice too. But first, a little rewind on how we got to Florida.
As I mentioned in the rear view mirror post, we sold the house and moved into a furnished condo for a couple months. After we got back from our California trip we had three days to repack, move out of the condo and begin the drive down to Florida where we’re spending part of the winter. These past few weeks of travel have driven home the fact that we’re really location independent now. There’s not a house we have to go back to. At one time that was a scary thought but Karen and I are getting pretty comfortable with this new reality. Although we haven’t purchased the motor home yet the sense of full time travel is sinking in. It’s a liberating feeling not having all that maintenance back home to worry about while on the road.
So, it was really cool that shortly after we arrived we experienced this wonderful sunset. Kind of a welcoming event of sorts. I have had concerns about the photography opportunities while we’re down here. Florida is pretty flat and finding grand landscapes to photograph will be challenging. I’ll have to seek out other subjects and views to “focus” on. Not that there are no big scenes to photograph. Clyde Butcher has made a career shooting big images of the Florida Everglades in black & white. It’s just that I’ll have to adjust to a different environment. And different can be a good thing.
Nikon D810 with Nikkor 16-35mm @ 16mm. f/16 at 0.8 sec. and ISO 64
