Possibility of some nice sunsets

Ricky91t

Right well due to a volcano and some unknown magic there might be a possibility of some decent sunsets over here,

Story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1199352/Red-sky-night-Heavens-turn-crimson-Britain-Russian-volcano-erupts.html

Daily Mail wrote:

The night skies over Britain will turn a deep shade of crimson this week as the fallout from a Russian volcano blast hits the UK.

Millions of tonnes of dust, ash and sulphur dioxide were thrown up to 30 miles into the air when Sarychev Peak on Matua Island in the Kuril Archipelago erupted last month.

The blast created what experts call a ‘volcanic aerosol’ - a colourful mixture of ash and sulphur compounds - in the stratosphere.

This scatters an invisible blue glow which, when mixed with the red light of the setting sun, produces a ‘volcanic lavender’, or vivid crimson/violet hue.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1199352/Red-sky-night-Heavens-turn-crimson-Britain-Russian-volcano-erupts.html#ixzz0LK43XLRP&D

I know it's from a UK paper so may only be for there,But worth keeping an eye out anyway,Did notice quite a nice sky last night..

Morrisseeee

mmmm....I better go out and buy a Nikon, I don't want my images lookin flat !! :eek: :pac::p

/sorry, couldn't resist !

DaireQuinlan

Obviously for the most vibrant effect you'd have to shoot it using a Nikon

-edit- hahaha. snap -edit-

KarmaGarda

I like ham.



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I'm definitely gettin out for this! Thanks for the heads up
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I love bacon.

Tallon

Thanks for this ricky!

I'll be shooting Sony so don't worry about it

trishw78

Can we stay on topic even for a little bit longer...

even if I am having Chicken for lunch

Thanks for the heads up Ricky, if we get the clear skies we might be in luck

*since we're sharing I'll be shooting Canon with the possibility of Lubitel

Anouilh

trishw78 wrote: »

if we get the clear skies we might be in luck

You have set me thinking about whether the sky needs to be clear, or not to get good images. Perhaps clouds will enhance the effect?

This explains what happens to light when changed by meteorogical condtions.

http://www.wxdude.com/Optical.html

Trev M

Dunno if its directly related but I was fortunate enough to get some stunners (well for me anyway) over the weekend, the skies seemed particularly dramatic. All piddle taking aside thanks for sharing the article

DaireQuinlan

Anouilh wrote: »

You have set me thinking about whether the sky needs to be clear, or not to get good images. Perhaps clouds will enhance the effect?

Actually yeah that's probably true. We need some wispy high altitude stuff, or some big chunky cumulus to really get some nice colour.

Maybe it's just a conincidence, but there was a beautiful deep red sunset over Galway bay last night.I was kicking myself I didn't have my camera with me

trishw78

there was a really nice red sunset in South Kilkenny last night as well untill the rain clouds moved in

vectra

Ricky91t wrote: »

Did notice quite a nice sky last night..

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Micilin Muc

Got this one from my bedroom window last night at 10.30. That's the Spire on O'Connell Street in Dublin in the centre.

C&C welcome!

thatsnotmyname

Micilin Muc wrote: »

Got this one from my bedroom window last night at 10.30. That's the Spire on O'Connell Street in the centre.

C&C welcome!

Great shot !
i love the silhoutte's of the chimney's

lycopodium123

all u need is the west of Ireland......some of THE most amazing sunsets i've seen in the world! have a fab one taken in Sligo a few weeks ago but not sure how to upload it here, any tips...?
hang on, think i got it...?

AnCatDubh

lycopodium123 wrote: »

all u need is the west of Ireland......some of THE most amazing sunsets i've seen in the world! have a fab one taken in Sligo a few weeks ago but not sure how to upload it here, any tips...?
hang on, think i got it...?

You can post inline too simply by clicking the and pasting the url of the image

or by wrapping the url in IMG tags

[noparse][/noparse]

This should give you your image inline. Try keep them to 800px on the longest side when posting inline.

Mycroft H

Ricky91t wrote: »

Right well due to a volcano and some unknown magic there might be a possibility of some decent sunsets over here,

Story here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1199352/Red-sky-night-Heavens-turn-crimson-Britain-Russian-volcano-erupts.html




I know it's from a UK paper so may only be for there,But worth keeping an eye out anyway,Did notice quite a nice sky last night..

I had noticed that they were a little more vibrant then usual, so much so that i wen for a cycle up to a big hill about 5 miles away. I remembered that you could shoot the setting sky against a valley and a local church, which i thought would be nice.

Turns out the ESB had planted a big feckin pylon right in the way of where i was going to shoot :mad:

I have a few from mayo that i wasd going to merge with photomatix but i havnt got round to it yet :pac: