Show us your sunsets

[Henners]

Spain November 2005

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/773773/IMG_0824.JPG

[chris.p]

Tad before the sun went down, but close enough to qualify i think.

Paphos, Cyprus, October 2006


Chris:burn:

[Gizmo]

Ullswater December 05

http://homepage.mac.com/gizmo999/upnorth/pooleyatsunset.jpg

[Henners]

I get lost in your eyes
That contain the skies
Filled with so much expression
Colored with such beautiful dyes

In your eyes I see the stars
The dreams to change the world
The hope so bright
The twinkling light

[clint 999R]

maldives last january total relaxation

[Rushjob]

Northern Spain 2004...

[Rattler]

Lee-King Nuclear Plant, Skelmersdale
http://www.twelve22.org/images/sunset17jan06.jpg ;)

[Fordie]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/Web-Bedford-River-bridge-at.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/Sunset-over-Bedfordshire-1.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/Boats-in-Sunset-1.jpg

Couple of my favourite that Ive taken , Cant beat a nice Sunset 4D

[slob]

San Francisco from Berkeley 2001

[RD]

Some great pictures there chaps. My favourites at the moment are 4D's, particularly the seascape with the Gaff Ketch in the foreground and Gizmo's picture of Ullswater.

Perhaps I'm biased in favour of seascapes, but I do love boats and enjoy sailing.

[Melnie Mouse]

they're brilliant i do appreciate natural things like that, they're all lovely but do prefer water ones...

this one, not quite a sunset but to do with the sun! Aurora Borealis... Beautiful

[TP]

they're brilliant i do appreciate natural things like that, they're all lovely but do prefer water ones...

this one, not quite a sunset but to do with the sun! Aurora Borealis... Beautiful

That is VERY cool :)

[Melnie Mouse]

it's gorgeous isn't it, but i cannot take credit for the photo..

[phoenix n max]

loch linhe and one from pembrey (taken with me phone though)

[Melnie Mouse]

loch linhe and one from pembrey (taken with me phone though)

Mm i've seen that first photo before, that wouldn't be from Astronomy of the Day site would it? they have some lovely pics on there well worth visiting. :)

[phoenix n max]

Mm i've seen that first photo before, that wouldn't be from Astronomy of the Day site would it? they have some lovely pics on there well worth visiting. :)

Not unless they stole it from my camera :eek:

[Melnie Mouse]

Not unless they stole it from my camera :eek:

oh how strange. i'll have to find that one i've got somewhere i'm sure it's the same, ok maybe not just very similar then... lovely pics anyway

[Melnie Mouse]

here i've found it i think, look at this one :)

[Melnie Mouse]

oops not worked hang on

[Melnie Mouse]

oh bum why won't it upload?

[phillc]

For something a little different.....

Sunset over the frozen Baltic Sea in the Gulf of Riga, February 2006

http://static.flickr.com/43/99418527_5b155206fe.jpg

[RD]

Henry,
Welcome back o'l chap. Its good to see you're now able to post. :)

I'll search through my alBUMS to see if I have a sunset picture, BUT will a picture of a FULL MOON (see my Avatar) suffice for now? ;)

Take care mate, :)
Richard.

P.S. Please note; My MOON even has a unique crack. :D

[Melnie Mouse]

right here goes i'll try again!
nope it's too big, how do i resize it?

[RD]

right here goes i'll try again!
nope it's too big, how do i resize it?

Too much info :o.

Give it 5 or 10 mins, it should be ok by then. :lol: ;)

[RD]

right here goes i'll try again!
nope it's too big, how do i resize it?

Try 'Right Click' and then resize pictures. Just an idea.

[Melnie Mouse]

thanks ok i'll try, give it a few moments (!) then right click and it should ask me to resize.. ok, and i do this in my pictures first do i before i go to upload it from this site?

[Melnie Mouse]

nope, not working. won't let me right click from thumbnail. then i press it to go into it, and it still won't let me right click, keeps going on that stupid adobe photo thing. i press top bar buttons like file, edit tools, nothnig in there that will let me re-size it... sigh...

[Fordie]

Melnie ,what Photoshop do you have. Im on 7 .Go Image ,Image size Adjust to suit .

[Melnie Mouse]

it says 3.0 there's no button anywhere that says image. there's no task or tool bar.. sorry if i'm being thick, but it's hopeless. can i email someone the picture and you size it for me please?

[Melnie Mouse]

Too much info :o.

Give it 5 or 10 mins, it should be ok by then. :lol: ;)

oh dear how slow am i? i think you were being rude weren't you(!?) and I didn't get it until i just read it back, der, i thought i had to wait a few mins on the actual picture then right click haha oh dear what a donut I am!

[Fordie]

Send it to me Mel, PM'd my e mail to u 4D

[Duke2BSteve]

The quality isnt as good as most, but the location is abit different...

Mosul - Northern Iraq, 2004 in one of Saddam's palaces..

[domski]

Donington Park 2006, taken by Chass's son, Alec :)

[andyc]

Outside the front of my house in deepest darkest Essex (no were near basildon!!!!)

[Monty]

Southern Iceland August 2004

[Jasper]

Going through the breach into Kuwait,1991
Canadian Rockies 1987

Sorry about the quality.No Digital then!!

[Rob B]

RD,

I have lived near Poole for most of my life and used to really think that the rural views where tops. But since my brother in law has built a waterside house, looking out over Poole harbour and the Purbecks, I have come around to your point of view. I call it water front TV. From before dawn to dark, it's a contsantly changing vista. Tad expensive monthly subscription, though!£!"£$"

Rgds,

Rob

[Fordie]

Southern Iceland August 2004

Monty you sure thats not your tent burning whilst on a night walk

[Loz]

Not a sunset, and I didn't have my camera with me, but I just stepped outside for a minute and saw the most astonishing full-arc rainbow. Really bright, with a secondary rainbow outside of it.
Incredibly beautiful.

[bradders]

Davenport, New Zealand, April 2004

[BDG]

Cheating a bit, this is sunrise on the African coast (the next pic is sunset in the Sahara) from 5* luxury to mud hut type poverty.

[BDG]

Sunset in the Sahara on those well known travelling bikes, a Multistrada and an R1

[Fordie]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/1sahara_sunset.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/2sahara_sunset.jpg

Shaun,with out picking on your particular pictures most of the sunsets shown here are only half a picture with the forground either blacked out due to exposure problems. Not wanting to teach any one to suck eggs what you see with your eye is not what the camera see's, so often an ajustment needs to be made. One way is to lower the camera and exclude to brighness of the sky this will give the fore ground a chance of being better exposed, holding the shutter button halfway then bring the camers back up and take the shot. All way's take more than one shot, exposing the fore ground and distance in the same way. I will admit you can't do this with a mobile phone or take shoot throw away camera's, but most reasonable camera's have this facility. Another aid to good sunset pictures is really a tripod and longer exposures, but as this is not all way practical especially when thundering across deserts and mountains on a bike . One thing to try is take the camera out of Auto mode and use Manual you will see when using a digi camera the instant results through the len as you troll through the various settings of apretures and shutter speeds. 4D

[Fordie]

Meliniemouse has asked me to put this cracking sunset shot of her's up for appraisal. I think this say's it all, lovely shot Mel. 4D




http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/sunset1.jpg

[Jools]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/Web-Bedford-River-bridge-at.jpg



Yeah, you should listen to Fordie about photographic composition you know. After all, he managed to take this picture of the bridge in Bedford.

How the hell he managed to do that without getting abandoned shopping trolley's, people fighting on the embankment, blokes barfing over the bridge and ladettes throwing themselves into the water in the shot I'll never know.

:lol:

[Melnie Mouse]

Thanks Fordie, what a star you are... But I didn't take it, i had it downloaded and thought it looked same as ... see below.... beautiful piccie though

Phoenix n max, see how identical this is to yours? Thats why i asked if you got it from astronomy of the day. Either that, of you've sent your photo in and you should be given royalties, you could be famous?

[Fordie]

Yeah, you should listen to Fordie about photographic composition you know. After all, he managed to take this picture of the bridge in Bedford.

How the hell he managed to do that without getting abandoned shopping trolley's, people fighting on the embankment, blokes barfing over the bridge and ladettes throwing themselves into the water in the shot I'll never know.

:lol:

Jools, thanks for the comments, BUT when I took the shot on a exposure of about 6 sec at f22 a bloke in a single skull rowed across the river in front of me right across the picture,You can even see where he dipped his oars in on each stroke If you look just under the bridge you can see a faint streeking on the water where he rowed by,that's how to take pictures in crowded places , unless the subject is stationary if won't come out on film.

[BDG]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/1sahara_sunset.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/2sahara_sunset.jpg

Shaun,with out picking on your particular pictures most of the sunsets shown here are only half a picture with the forground either blacked out due to exposure problems. Not wanting to teach any one to suck eggs what you see with your eye is not what the camera see's, so often an ajustment needs to be made. One way is to lower the camera and exclude to brighness of the sky this will give the fore ground a chance of being better exposed, holding the shutter button halfway then bring the camers back up and take the shot. All way's take more than one shot, exposing the fore ground and distance in the same way. I will admit you can't do this with a mobile phone or take shoot throw away camera's, but most reasonable camera's have this facility. Another aid to good sunset pictures is really a tripod and longer exposures, but as this is not all way practical especially when thundering across deserts and mountains on a bike . One thing to try is take the camera out of Auto mode and use Manual you will see when using a digi camera the instant results through the len as you troll through the various settings of apretures and shutter speeds. 4D

Thanks for that Pete, that gives me an excuse to go back there and test the theory, i'll blame you when the wife asks why i'm going again:lol:

[phoenix n max]

Thanks Fordie, what a star you are... But I didn't take it, i had it downloaded and thought it looked same as ... see below.... beautiful piccie though

Phoenix n max, see how identical this is to yours? Thats why i asked if you got it from astronomy of the day. Either that, of you've sent your photo in and you should be given royalties, you could be famous?
Yeah i'm just looking at it. In mine the tripod leg is just visible in the left hand corner as a friend was stood beside me taking a shot too.

How weird - where is the one you have from ? I've got a succession of them taken as the sun went down. I thought that one was the best.

Deffo my photo and I don't recall posting it ever before either !

[phoenix n max]

Heres one a few mins earlier and minus tripod leg. It was taken Easter 2003. I'm confused now :confused:

[Fordie]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/sunset2.jpg

Yep nearer nuf the same thanks to Photoshop 4D

[phoenix n max]

Yeah but what i'd like to know is how it's turned up when to my knowledge i've never posted it before :confused: It's sat on my hd in it's full size and i resized for the first time to post on here. Same with the second one, i've got 6 others too, exact same shot but over time as the sun goes down. The last one ( eg the first one i posted and the one melnie has) was the last shot I took.

[Fordie]

Looking at the clouds and sea weed in the water it does indeed look like the same picture taken a few moments apart. Perhaps your phantom tripod owner took it and published it. 4D

[Melnie Mouse]

Yeah but what i'd like to know is how it's turned up when to my knowledge i've never posted it before :confused: It's sat on my hd in it's full size and i resized for the first time to post on here. Same with the second one, i've got 6 others too, exact same shot but over time as the sun goes down. The last one ( eg the first one i posted and the one melnie has) was the last shot I took.

yeah it's really odd isn't it? did mine have a tripod leg in it? I see the 2nd o ne is just moved over slightly then, how bizarre, did you friend put it anywhere then if you didn't?

I got it I think from astonomy of the Day, if i didn't i can't think where i would, but it's the only site i go on that i would 'nik' a photo. sorry.. :( Perhaps you should ask your friend too what happened?

[phoenix n max]

Yours would have yes cos it was cropped. Not that it matters, just curious as to how it ended up somewhere that i've never sent it to. The origianl is 1.74 megs, as were all those taken that day.
As to tripod owner - well different camera, settings etc, who knows. I was just stood taking them as the sun changed the colours, hence the skewed horizons ;)

[BDG]

Here's sunset again, same place but with the sun behind me lighting up the bikes

[phil_h]

Here are a few I took in scotland in august 2000

[phil_h]

And a few from wales in october 2003

[Henners]

... thes photos are just fantastic - keep them coming and also support the club competition :)

[Fordie]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/BDG-Sunset.jpg

Instant sunset (Hope you don't mind me manipulating ) Its me age 4D

[monstermob 998]

just hampshire
http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/9919/orangesunsetpj3.th.jpg (http://img516.imageshack.us/my.php?image=orangesunsetpj3.jpg)
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/2126/ducatisunset2yh9.th.jpg (http://img122.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ducatisunset2yh9.jpg)
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/4808/1qu4.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1qu4.jpg)
http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6623/4xq1.th.jpg (http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=4xq1.jpg)

[BDG]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/BDG-Sunset.jpg

Instant sunset (Hope you don't mind me manipulating ) Its me age 4D

"It took me an age".... all of 40 minutes from post to post on the highly unlikely assumption you were sat there all afternoon waiting for my next one pic, methinks not.

Nice one Pete, you can manipulate me any time, any chance of making me a bit taller and better looking please:lol:

Actually i think you could do a far better job than Mr C did, can you guess which one is me?

Mmmm! village people, maybe the sunsets out of my ar$e

[Melnie Mouse]

And a few from wales in october 2003

They're amazing....

[phil_h]

They're amazing....

Thank you mel
Just in the right place at the right time really.

[Fordie]

"It took me an age".... all of 40 minutes from post to post on the highly unlikely assumption you were sat there all afternoon waiting for my next one pic, methinks not.

Nice one Pete, you can manipulate me any time, any chance of making me a bit taller and better looking please:lol:

Actually i think you could do a far better job than Mr C did, can you guess which one is me?

Mmmm! village people, maybe the sunsets out of my ar$e

Left out the Indian as every one loves a Indian ,especially on a Saturday night :lol: 4D http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/Villagepeople.jpg

[BDG]

Left out the Indian as every one loves a Indian ,especially on a Saturday night :lol: 4D http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c254/PeterFord/Villagepeople.jpg


Awesome Pete:lol: but where's the sunset in the background?

Must remember to always be nice to you or you'll really stitch me up.

[RD]

RD,

I have lived near Poole for most of my life and used to really think that the rural views where tops. But since my brother in law has built a waterside house, looking out over Poole harbour and the Purbecks, I have come around to your point of view. I call it water front TV. From before dawn to dark, it's a contsantly changing vista. Tad expensive monthly subscription, though!£!"£$"

Rgds,

Rob

Hi Rob,

I know what you mean about living by the sea, like anywhere else though it has its benefits and disadvantages, luckily the benefits far outweigh the disadvantages. :)

Unfortunately I'm not lucky enough to have a sea view, they cost an arm and a leg plus several Ducatis, however the beach is only a 10 minutes walk away or about half a mile.

Your brother-in-law is a very fortunate to have those views.

You're right, the sea views are like a constantly changing picture, from a serene, tranquil and calm mill pond to a rough, raging and aggressive seas.

Apparently Sandbanks is one of the most expensive places to buy a property in the UK, hopefully a big Lotto win may sort that out :D

Take care mate,
RD

[RD]

This photo was taken during 2003 by me on a family tour around Australia.
I took so many rolls of film during our trip I'm not 100% sure of the location, but I have a good idea it is Lakes Entrance, Victoria, Australia.
Yeah I still use a Canon 35mm SLR, the original photo is very good but the scanned copy has washed all the colour out, it looks shite compared to the original.

RD.

P.S. Unlike 4D, I'm not good with Photoshop. :(

[haga41cat]

Here's one from dorset in september! This was just as the winds were getting up to about ninety mph , not fun when your on a cliff in a caravan!!! Shame about the bloke taking a pic of it too! Didn't se him until i got the pics back! Dang it!!!! http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k95/haga41cat/DSC00176.jpg

[mazpillion]

Out of our front window, last night :D

[desmobob]

I'll understand if this one is pulled, I found it on the receptionists profile :)
WARNING: Bit naughty, after 9pm, but before 11pm TV.

http://static.flickr.com/120/314942175_d38f82d061_o.jpg

[desmobob]

This is a clean one, it personifies Ducati ownership I think :)

http://static.flickr.com/108/314945013_b80195c731_o.jpg

[mazpillion]

This is a clean one, it personifies Ducati ownership I think :)

http://static.flickr.com/108/314945013_b80195c731_o.jpg
Not so sure about that......:rolleyes:

Looks pretty good with a Suzi, too :D

[nicks]

Took this on our hols this year, superb place.

Blue Azire Hotel.

[Chaz]

setting over jerez

[Otei]

Taken on the Pacific coastal highway, Xmas day 2006 on the way to Monterey to ride laguna Seca the next day.

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p182/otei_photo/Drive%20to%20laguna%20on%20PCH%20Xmas%20day/IMG_0084.jpg

[Zimbo]

Here's a couple of my favs... The first was taken from Gili Trawangan, Indonesia, in August 1990, looking west (obviously) towards volcanic Bali. The second was taken in Mendoza, Argentina, a couple of years ago.

[harriebird]

here's mine, the last night of an exhausting week spent at an outdoor activity centre in Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex -with 20 kids/"young people" all with drug and alcohol issues!

these are taken from the beach by Bradwell power station - nice ;) - with a really cheap digital camera after a pretty heavy thunder storm.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCF0054.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/essexbikers/Random%20Stuff%20HERE/DSCF0060.jpg

[Biscuitandpotato]

sun disappearing over Arran, taken from the ferry while leaving DuN's Pibbow's Christmas bash...

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2237/dscf0834uh8.jpg

[itexuk]

Floods over Somerset Levels Jan 2007

[Lily]

sun setting over death valley on 30th December. Taken from a moving car so didn't have chance to sort it out properly.

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l282/ducatilil/Vegas/IMG_0286.jpg

[Henners]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/773773/DSC00387.JPG

[gordonparker]

Lake Garda, Italy Sept 05

[psychlist]

The quality isnt as good as most, but the location is abit different...

Mosul - Northern Iraq, 2004 in one of Saddam's palaces..

:lol: Was it you that bombed seven bells of 5H1T out of the olympic swimming pool I designed and installed there in 1987 :p ;)

[psychlist]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-7/773773/DSC00387.JPG

Blimey Henry, it's worse than sitting in the front row of the cinema watching a Sky diving movie, some of us get vertigo you know :eek:

[Henners]

Originally posted by psychlist
... some of us get vertigo you know

I'm not surprised - seeing the way you were leaning the Numpty yesterday :lol:

[psychlist]

I'm not surprised - seeing the way you were leaning the Numpty yesterday :lol:

Dunno wot yoo meen guv, t'was a nice sedate bimble, even if it didnay leave any rubber on my rear tyre :biaggi: