bowtie`

Temps have been climbing since sunset. A rather strange occurrence for this time of year. Rain and almost 60 feels nice.

Interesting. I know that Minneapolis gets the rumblers quite often. Does the lake squash all those chances from getting close from the southwest?

Meanwhile, Back Home Again in Indiana had a high of 49 and currently 32 with clear skies in case you had a hankering for some of the old time weather. Which you will not but I still will put it out there.

Got to try out my new 24-70mm lens this evening with a sunset. The Sun rounded the corner of the cloud deck right at sunset. How convenient! Started off with the yellows. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... Beginning of the orange/red up high. Taken with the 24-70mm at 47mm... Reds in full swing. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The fading color. Taken with the 100mm... Cheers!

Thanks for the hints. Still no joy. So today I made a trip downtown and got me a new 24-70mm lens. What a difference. The one that died was a Mark I issue. It was nicknanmed "The Brick" for a good reason. It was heavy. So heavy that if that lens was on the camera and I was going to move the tripod. I would take that lens off of the camera and put a lighter lens on. No Joke. This new lens is a Mark II issue and much lighter. Also, it is more in-line color wise with my other Mark II lens. The old 24-70mm images just looked different. Of course, it was designed back in the film days and film has a completely different color response than a sensor. But I am a happy camper now even if a bit lighter in the wallet. Guess I gave myself and early Ho-Ho-Ho gift.

Now for the post sunset colors. Looking west as the colors get going. Taken with the 16-35mm at 21mm... A closer inspection of the western clouds. Taken with the 100mm... The reds looking east. Taken with the 16-35mm at 25mm... Cheers!

Was on the edge of the system just to my east all day. Question was would it hold for the sunset or would the dry air win and scuttle the clouds. Mid-afternoon when the cumulus rolled in from Lake Michigan. The bank next door. Taken with the 16-35mm at 29mm... The white when I arrived at the firehouse this *evening* looking west. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Looking east. Taken with the 100mm...

nope. No soon fix. I had hoped that it was just a cold-soaking problem but leaving it alone inside all week the error just repeated when I tried the lens again. It is cooked for good. Probably be easier to just get another new lens. Trouble was last week I drove to the camera store and they had closed the store closest to me. The main store in downtown Indy is still open. Now I only have to decide to try it now when the roads are good or after the holidays when the road might me a mess. Decisions, decisions. P.S. Red skies at night, photographers delight.

Winter is coming. Saw two signs this afternoon. The lillac shrubs are losing their leaves and the sandhill cranes were honking their way back south.

Time for the Eurythmics?

Now onto the post sunset and the oranges and reds. When the oranges and reds started to pop. Taken with the 100mm... Now a wide angle image. Taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm... Now for the fading color. Taken with the 100mm... Twice the Cheers!

Had a nice sunset this evening. But also had a bad time. My oldest lens, the 24-70mm gave up the ghost in the beginning of the shoot. Kept getting the error code for bad lens connection but I could see that the aperature had slammed down to the bare minimum and locked there. So I had to soldier on with a gap between 35mm and 100mm. Made me work a bit. Goin g to split this into two post also. Starting off with the pre-sunset. Looking to the east when I got there. Taken with the 16-35mm at 31mm... Looking southwest. taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm... Just a smidge later. Taken with the 16-35mm at 27mm again...

First measurable event of the season. Too bad I do not measure anything. Under the heavier returns the ground and roads got covered. Now that the returns have moved off to the east the roads are going to slush and clear quite quickly. But it was a white winterland out there for an hour or so.

Maybe the last post here of the year? The time of year and weather will soon limit my ability to add any more. So for something completely different, a sunrise. When I got out to the fairgrounds. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Looking north northeast where there was more clouds and consistent color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 46mm... Orange bordering on yellow. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Here comes the yellow and the Sun. taken with the 24-70mm at 38mm... Cheers!

And now onto the post sunset color. While not quite at sunset, the cloud colors are very yellow so I consider this post sunset. Taken with the 100mm... Now e are officially at the post sunset mark. Taken with the 100mm... Looking west at the beginning of the red. Taken with the 24-70mm at 52mm... Ending the night looking to the south again. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Cheers!

Was so nice today I took too many images today. Going to have to split them into two post again. Starting off with the pre-sunset images. Starting off looking south as I got up on Hall-Baker road. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... A small but vivid parhelia (sundog) north of the Sun. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Looking west as the Sun gets close to the horizon. Taken with the 16-35mm at 31mm... Looking south again. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm...

69 at KIND also. Was glorious outside today. Glad it was a day off for me . But this is beyond normal. The correction when it comes is going to hurt when it gets here.

Some cirrus was in the western sky for the sunset this evening. When I got in front of the firehouse, pre-sunset. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm... Close to local sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 57mm... Close to max color dynamics. Taken with the 24-70mm at 52mm... Max red of the post sunset, on the horizon. Taken with the 100mm... Cheers!

Going to split today into two. Starting off with the midday cirrus. Looking northwest at the cirrus with some classic mares-tails going on. Taken with the 16-35mm at 18mm... Using the stop sign as a Sun shield. Taken with the 16-35mm at 16mm... A small parhelia or sun-dog on the east side of the Sun. Taken with the 16-35mm at 35mm...

The Moon and Venus emerging from the post sunset gloom this evening...

^ Just so you know, us sky cover weenies appreciate that the NWS always tries to be accurate. I would think that a snow weenie would at least understand that other people obsess over clouds just like snow.

Quite the pretty day even if it was fairly chilly in the breeze.

Quite the pretty day outside even if it was quite chilly in the breeze. Starting off with some afternoon cumulus. Taken with the 24-70mm at 45mm... Strips upon strips of cumulus. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... The sunset was sparse. Taken with the 24-70mm at 40mm... The end of the sparse evening. Taken with the 24-70mm at 35mm... Cheers!

KIND stayed up to 34 this morning but was the first heavy visible frost morning around the area.

I had hoped that with a slight disturbance rotating through the area around sunset that it might time out well. It was close but the best color/visuals were post sunset with the incidental light. Looking southeast and at the firehouse... Looking southwest and the receding color... Cheers!