Insane sunset pics.

[sir pball]

We had a line of severe thunderstorms roll through about an hour before sundown; by the time it was late evening the sky was half-covered with a shelf of clouds being lit from below by the red sunset while the other half of the sky was gorgeously clear. Half wildfire and half heaven.

[George McGovern]

1. INCREDIBLE SKY! Fantastic photos sir pball! So Glad You Were There To See It!

Your compositions, frames of reference are Insane!
Feels like I'm right there. Really well done!

[sir pball]

2. Aww shucks, you flatter me...

I shot all these with my 4-year old phone, offhand…by the time I got my real gear out the door the light had passed. Sunsets are mercurial like that, you get about five minutes of perfect light and it's over.

Still, thrilled you enjoyed!

[George McGovern]

3. I appreciate good photography, no matter how it got there.

Cell phones are amazing anymore. If I weren't so attached to my cameras I might look into one. What do you have for real gear?

[sir pball]

4. I have a variety...

D7100 with the 18-300 is my main rig…and the 35mm Micro, and a few others.

But this is my ne plus ultra, pure film, pure analog. IYKYK, and I suspect you do.

[George McGovern]

5. I shot Nikons for 35 years or so. My cousin has an older D3400, but she loves her 18-300!

I joined DU five years ago, mainly to see about the Photography Forum. One of the members told me about Olympus; smaller, lighter weight and less expensive than full-frame. He convinced me. I sold my Nikon gear and purchased a good used Olympus camera and zoom, equivalent to 24-90mm full-frame. Eventually I added another
used body and a second zoom 90-300mm ff equivalent.

That's a great photo of your Nikkormat. I can appreciate its significance to you. Back
to perfection basics, maybe? I'll bet you get great use out of it. Just from seeing
the offhand pics from that sunset sky it looks like you have a good eye. With no
time to waste you got great shots. Sunsets are mercurial.