Only get to see clouds on weekends now. From yesterday.
Some interesting cirrus around noon from the front yard...
Close to local sunset...
What little post sunset color that there was...
You are not hardcore. I have been raking for over a week now already. And I am even a little south of you. You are correct though. Put enough clothes to be warm out and you will be sweating up a storm with the exercise of raking.
Was a blustery afternoon with the odd sun dog...
A warm front or some sort of boundary floated through with some puffy clouds...
Close to sunset...
The red flash looking south east...
The red flash looking south west...
Around noon today the clouds broke apart for a short while...
By sunset things had clouded back over. But within the different cloud layers there were some thin spots that tried to make something worth looking at...
Post sunset there was one complete break and a little bit of a red flash from the clearing just to the west of me...
A productive day behind the viewfinder, all day.
Big equipment, big sky...
Partial halo arc and a sundog...
And now onto the sunset...
Looking southeast at the yellows...
Looking south at the deeper colors of sunset...
Departing system timed out well for the sunset this evening.
Looking south east when I got to the pond...
The yellow flash...
The orange flash...
The red flash...
Some more October magic this evening here.
A nice looking cloud to the south east when I got to the pond...
Finally a two-sided Sun-dog event. Usually I only get one side so tonight was a bonus...
Here the post sunset color is about to start...
The orange flash...
The extent of the red/orange flash...
It is October so of course the sunset was great.
Was lightly raining when I got out to the pond. So of course it was rainbow time...
Once the rain ceased, the white clouds...
The orange clouds post sunset...
The early red...
And ending the day with the late red...
I do not know what causes it but October sunsets always seem rather amped up. Maybe it is just that I know the solid stratus of winter is soon around the corner. But until then I am going to enjoy these like I did this evening.
Looking east when I got to the pond...
The yellows of the pre-sunset...
The oranges of post sunset...
And last but even more vivid, the reds...
Not a lot of clouds out and about this evening.
A cloud shadow with the 100mm...
Same clouds shadow just a tick later and after a lens change to the 35mm...
Later I got that horrible bruise color again...
This evening I got engrossed in a book at dinner. Did not think there would be any sunset possibilities. Well when I left the diner the sky was doing a nice visual yellow flash. By the time I made it home to grab the camera and car and get to the closest open western horizon only the last dregs of color was left. This is the best I could do...
When I got to the pond this evening...
A close-up with the 100mm of the gold color...
Back to the 16-35 to see just how much the clouds are getting ripped apart by the breeze...
What little red flash that there was this evening...
Looking south when I got to the pond this evening...
The yellow looking west...
I made a mistake this evening though. I thought the color was done and over with and started driving back home. By the time I got halfway home the sky to the north was going red, rather nicely. So I was only to catch the red slightly past peak from the front yard instead...
While last night was the race of clouds departing the area and the sunset, this evening was the race of clouds returning to the area and the sunset.
Started with the yellow...
On to the early orange...
This is the kitchen sink of colors. A little bit of everything...
And ending the night with the red...