Nearly 32 years and 200 horizontal feet downhill from where I shot one of my earliest lightning slides, a small patch of the sunset sky very briefly lit up in a classical shade of sunset golden-orange. Most of the sky missed out on good color, and even this was brief. Still, familiarity, flexibility and foresight allowed this moment to be caught for posterity, as I had been touring the Dallas Cowboys headquarters in Frisco an hour before. While pondering where to eat near The Star, I noticed that gaps were appearing in the western sky, near the horizon, and that some sunset color could be possible in what had been an intractably blanketing mid/upper-tropospheric cloud deck. Knowing White Rock Lake offered clean views that way, and the closest such vantage on the north side of the lake was well within reach in time, that’s where I headed. A stiff south wind chopped the lake surface up harshly, making reflective shooting pointless, so I “deep zoomed” it instead, with pleasing results. Having not consumed that earlier dinner, I took in visual dessert first, then dined at a familiar eatery not far from the lake. Photo-bombing by the water birds was decidedly unplanned, and most welcomed!
Dallas TX (25 Jan 20) Looking WSW
32.8502, -96.7212A Sunset for the Birds
Nearly 32 years and 200 horizontal feet downhill from where I shot one of my earliest lightning slides, a small patch of the sunset sky very briefly lit up in a classical shade of sunset golden-orange. Most of the sky missed out on good color, and even this was brief. Still, familiarity, flexibility and foresight allowed this moment to be caught for posterity, as I had been touring the Dallas Cowboys headquarters in Frisco an hour before. While pondering where to eat near The Star, I noticed that gaps were appearing in the western sky, near the horizon, and that some sunset color could be possible in what had been an intractably blanketing mid/upper-tropospheric cloud deck. Knowing White Rock Lake offered clean views that way, and the closest such vantage on the north side of the lake was well within reach in time, that’s where I headed. A stiff south wind chopped the lake surface up harshly, making reflective shooting pointless, so I “deep zoomed” it instead, with pleasing results. Having not consumed that earlier dinner, I took in visual dessert first, then dined at a familiar eatery not far from the lake. Photo-bombing by the water birds was decidedly unplanned, and most welcomed!
Dallas TX (25 Jan 20) Looking WSW
32.8502, -96.7212