sharleenstuartArtist Inspired: February 2017: Red
This month the theme is red. Of course, it’s the hearts and roses kind of month, but my roses are dead and the hearts are not out and about just yet. Valentines day is the day the blog goes live and my out of office meeting where I would typically capture something like this is only at the end of the month. So I was kind of struggling with what I would do.
I recently started heading up the road about 15 minutes from my home to the Loxahatchee National Park. I had not gone there at sunset before because it is a kind of lonely park. However, a few friends have been heading there and so I decided to go and join them. Truthfully there was about 6 of us, and it was fun to hang out with friends and meet new people. The sunsets always vary and what really attracted me was watching the mumuration of the birds. I believe they are Boat-tailed Grackles that swarm in mass to make these amazing patterns in the sky.
This particular night the birds were not out in mass but the sky fitted the theme of the color red. I had 4 different lens with me – my 28-135mm, my 70-300mm, my lensbaby sweet 35, and the lensbaby double glass.
Enjoy the setting sun!
Starting out the evening, I thought it would be a good sunset but not as good as we got. This friend was sitting watching the sun set and so I got behind him to try and get the silhouette
Slowly as the sun got lower the color of the sky began to change.
Using the 70-300mm I was able to get up much closer to the sun.
Then I began to play with the Lensbaby Double Glass and got this effect.
Next I played with the Lensbaby Sweet 35 and loved this bokeh effect.
Sunsets, like childhood
are viewed with wonder
not just because they are beautiful
but because they are fleeting
~ Richard Paul Evans
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These are so stunning Sharleen! The colors are so vibrant and rich! Love it!
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Thank you Rachel – no matter how many times you go you always seem to get something different. I was lucky that these were red.
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These are gorgeous and I love the effect the Sweet 35 has on the sun!!! Plus, what a gorgeous place to have so close by!!
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Thank you so much Nikki. We have a few nice places to visit close by. The lensbaby optics give some great effects.
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Wow Sharleen 😵 These are just so so stunning. You are so talented my friend ❤
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Thank you so much for your kind words Claire.
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Gorgeous Sharleen! You know how much I love sunsets!! 😊
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Thank you so much Kathy – they are my favorite time of the day.
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Oh my! The sunset is so gorgeous 🙂 I have always been a fan of dramatic sunsets and you captured it beautifully 🙂 The effect with the double glass is pure amazing!
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Thank you so much for you words. I do love the double glass.
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Sharleen! These are stunning!! I absolutely love these vibrant, rich nature captures…you have such a beautiful vision!
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Thank you so much Shelby for those kind words.
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