Always keep turning around

[AlanLichty]

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in shooting sunsets I forget to make sure I turn around and see what else the colors on the horizon might be doing to the scenes around me. This was such a case in point - I happened to look up and then saw this towering set of clouds taking on some really nice tints almost directly overhead Thursday night.

Harris Beach South

• AlanLichty
• Dec 9, 2018

Sunset clouds near the marine gardens at Harris Beach State Park, Oregon.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jim Dockery]

This is lovely. Of course the color and light on clouds make it, but I like all the lines leading into the distant rocks.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Great catch Alan. I really like the shapes of those clouds.

 

[JimFox]

Very nice Alan. Those are some very cool clouds, but like Jim said I like the ground layer also.

And keeping ones head on a swivel is something that gets taught in the first semester of Landscape School.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very nice Alan. Those are some very cool clouds, but like Jim said I like the ground layer also.

And keeping ones head on a swivel is something that gets taught in the first semester of Landscape School.

Swiveling my head around was a lot easier before they took a disk out of my neck

 

[Alisa]

Beautiful! I think we all forget to turn around at times.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Great image and equally great advice! The colors are wonderful, but I also like the way you have kept just a little detail in the foreground, managing to keep some interest while keeping it all looking totally natural.

ML

 

[Douglas Sherman]

This is really beautiful, Alan. Did I really miss this from last Sunday?

 

[AlanLichty]

This is really beautiful, Alan. Did I really miss this from last Sunday?

Yeah - I think I posted this right before I drove back from the coast.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

I saw this on my phone when you posted. Wanted to see it on the bigger screen before commenting. Really like the clouds and ground layer complements it nicely.

 

[Dean]

Beautiful Alan...Yup always turn around you never know what lurks behind you