Roaring Sunsets from the last few years: Part 1 Pic Heavy Nova!

As you can imagine photographers often have huge catalogues of photos catagorized in relation to the type of shooter they are. My catalogues include "Northwest Fishing" "Skyscapes/sillhouettes" "Sunsets" "landscapes" along with some wildlife and of course Chrissy and our dogs. My archival catalogues consist of 35mm film, slide film and mass digital files of raws and jpegs. I never did much scanning because its boring and often results in poor qaulity digital conversions so My photos did not make it online per-say until I got into digital stuff around 2005. My last film camera was a Nikon N75 35mm. A super camera but my habitual need to over shoot everything I see [for the catalogue of course] caused my developing bill to skyrocket beyond my ability to afford developing the photos I mess up on, to get to the good one...

I clearly understand what digital has done to the 35mm scene in terms of user numbers converting to digi but the overall flexabilty in editing your own photos as well as saving on the costs of printing by seeing what you want to print first. Upload and print....makes this a no argue situation for me. If you work with digital media all day like I do its really the way to go. I admit I miss the challenge of working harder for my shots but now days when IM on the fly during a trip or something I know I can shoot what I want as fast and as many times as I need and not have to worry, until about shot #257 anyways......Then just pop in another chip!

This set comes from the Skyscapes/Sunsets catagory from my early digital years starting even with 2 old school 35mm film scans from my N75 days, before I was a digital man. I include the first 35mm scans to show the stunning comparable results of Agfa 100 [excuse the mess caused by scanner around the edges] and time exposures on tripod mounted 35mm Nikon, and maybe just a tad to show that I could actually shoot before digitals came around....nudge nudge ...wink wink... or something

Part 2 will have the newer digi sunset shots from my newest Nikon D80 digital from the last 2 years, some killer images in that bunch as well but It just felt fitting to step back a ways for the first post.

Enjoy

35mm scans shot on Agfa 100 with Nikon N75...wish I had a better scanner..




Digital Photos starting from 2005, did not even know I had so many, could not possibly post them all



Yes I love lens flair, I eat it for breakfast on a regular basis for strong healthy photos with a flair!



Shooting in Gresham can prove to be a challenege even with digital when shooting to the sky since there are many power lines. I think at once point I had decided just to try my best to work with them and not around them. Several shots of this nature came out good to my amazment. Composition comes into play when trying to work with power lines. How can I play with the angles is the first thing that comes to mind when I see them. IM also using the sillhouette method on the for ground trees. I do this alot in town to block out different obstructions to the view.



Sometimes its not the shot that is so stunning, it is the event itself that is so amazing.



Pleasant to look at in mid winter, is this the Serengeti Desert?



Shot over Gresham's old town roof tops.



Stunning Pansey Basin/Bull of the Woods high mountain sunset.



Columbia River, from Washington, looking Southwest. Man I love this shot! Pure fluid beauty in motion captured forever...