Sunset Fire and Ice

A few centimetres of snow provided an unsual backdrop for this colourful sunset. The snow shows a distinct blue cast because it is mostly being lit by the blue sky above rather than the sunset.

Later the same evening the scene is lit by a bright moon so the snow should look a more normal colour. However there is some yellow contribution from a sodium light out of view to the right, the glow on the horizon is also from streetlights

Orion is in the middle of the image.

The same scene the next morning with low sunlight and more normal lighting.


Canon EOS 20D   6th - 7th February 2009
Wiltshire, England

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