Nature, Photography

Sunset Strip

Posted by Heyjude on January 21, 2018January 19, 2018

Also taken on 7th January, but this time at 17:06 when only a sliver of light was visible over the hills.

34 Comments

Lynette d'Arty-Cross says:

January 21, 2018 at 07:08

So minimal – almost like a painting. 🙂
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 21, 2018 at 11:55
  
  Yes. Like a Rothko!
BeckyB says:

January 21, 2018 at 07:20

Wonderful shot
morselsandscraps says:

January 21, 2018 at 07:26

Oh I love that moment, and you’ve caught it well
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 21, 2018 at 11:57
  
  Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn’t. I just waited until I knew whether or not it was. And then ran indoors as it was blooming freezing!
restlessjo says:

January 21, 2018 at 09:25

Vegas? 🙂 🙂 I do love these colours, and Meg’s right- just the exact moment.
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 22, 2018 at 17:57
  
  The old TV Programme. The name just struck a cord 😀
  1. restlessjo says:
    
    January 22, 2018 at 18:04
    
    I know! I was just picturing you on the Strip 🙂 🙂
Lucid Gypsy says:

January 21, 2018 at 09:32

The days are getting longer now, hooray!
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 21, 2018 at 11:50
  
  They are, but they have been wet and windy for far too long!
Sue says:

January 21, 2018 at 11:03

Reminds me of the colours in Maeshafn, Wales many years ago….
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 22, 2018 at 17:59
  
  Don’t know that name, north Wales?
  1. Sue says:
    
    January 22, 2018 at 18:40
    
    North Wales, Mold, we were at a Youth Hostel there in the late ’70s….
    1. Heyjude says:
      
      January 22, 2018 at 22:46
      
      Mmm… not an area I know.
beetleypete says:

January 21, 2018 at 12:59

Great square. Great colours. A nice abstract feel. Love it!
Best wishes, Pete. x
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 21, 2018 at 17:24
  
  Very abstract. Very Rothko 🙂
  1. Steve Schwartzman says:
    
    January 21, 2018 at 17:34
    
    Did you know there’s a Rothko Chapel in Houston?
    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothko_Chapel
    1. Heyjude says:
      
      January 22, 2018 at 00:46
      
      I didn’t. Have you been?
    2. Steve Schwartzman says:
      
      January 22, 2018 at 05:32
      
      Yes, but a long time ago. The next time I’m near there I’ll try to check it out again for a current assessment. I drove to Houston twice in 2017, but just to catch planes to Auckland and Calgary, not to spend any time in Houston.
Steve Schwartzman says:

January 21, 2018 at 13:20

You’ve been to the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, haven’t you? I took your title to be a play on words between that and the dark strip across the bottom of the photograph.
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 21, 2018 at 17:24
  
  Not been to LA other than Long Beach, but I remember a TV programme of the name way back in the ’60s I think. I was referring to the yellow band, but it could of course mean the dark strip.
  1. Steve Schwartzman says:
    
    January 21, 2018 at 17:32
    
    You’re right that the yellow is more appropriate as a sunset strip.
    
    Is this the television program you recall?
    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77_Sunset_Strip
    1. Heyjude says:
      
      January 22, 2018 at 00:48
      
      I just remember the name, not the programme. I was very young then 😉
The Thrifty Campers says:

January 22, 2018 at 00:09

The color contrasts are stunning:)
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 22, 2018 at 00:40
  
  The Sky Painter at its best 🙂
pommepal says:

January 22, 2018 at 10:26

That is stunning Jude. Caught at the perfect moment. Did you keep snapping away to get this or just wait and catch it at the right moment?
1. Heyjude says:
  
  January 22, 2018 at 17:55
  
  I took a couple of photos, including the one with the birds and then waited until there was just the narrow band left. When it is cloudless you never know if the colours will materialise.
  1. pommepal says:
    
    January 22, 2018 at 20:28
    
    Yes it is always a “wait and see” many times I have walked away then the sky has just turned to fire…