Sunset Pictures, My Personal Collection

The sunset has always mesmerized me to the point of infatuation; I find it much easier to capture a sunset, than a sunrise, only because I'm rarely up early enough to catch a sunrise, and even if I am up that early, I usually grab a cup of coffee instead of the camera. I have been snapping shots of sunsets since I was a kid, but only on a few occasions was I able to capture the true beauty with a point and shoot camera.

Today, I will share with you the beautiful vivid colors I've captured on that evening when I was in the right place at the right time. Sometimes I had to make it happen, rushing to a spot because my time was so limited. Trying to take pictures of a sunset is completely based on timing, the window of opportunity is very limited, you only have about 15 minutes, but if you time it just right, the results are stunning! I carry my camera with me wherever I go, just in case the moments arise.

The sunsets seen here are from different parts of the United Sates and some Caribbean islands, none of them are touched up or altered in any way, they are original photos and are taken with a Fuji Finepix S 5200 Digital Camera, it has a 10x optical zoom with a 40x digital zoom. I like the camera, it's easy to use and if I set it up right and have proper lighting, my pictures come out awesome, but I'll let you be the judge of that.

This sunset was the most unusual sunset I have ever taken pictures of at the ocean, and I think they were my personal best. The sun was hot, and not a cloud in the sky. It is amazing how fast the sun goes down, every 15 seconds you can take another picture and everything has changed.

In these photos the sun looks like it is melting into the ocean, as the sun touched the water, it was like a lava lamp, the bottom of the sun mushroomed out as if the water was melting it. The crowd on the boat was whistling and yelling "show me the spark," I quickly changed the camera mode from picture to video, and took a video of the last 4 seconds as the sun dipped under a wave, I was hoping to catch the green spark everyone talks about, but my luck ran out, maybe next time.

After the sun set, we headed back in, and as we were cruising into the channel, I walked to the back of the boat and snapped a few shots of the palm trees hanging off a peninsula, as we turned the corner the palm trees were darkened in a golden sunset, it was truly a sunset cruise to remember.

Driving home after my daughters softball game one night, I noticed the sky was starting to burn up with color. I needed a place to take a few good pictures and I found a hot spot. That evening the sunset was fire red like I had never seen before, it was early June and the temperature was about 80 deg. The park was just ahead and I knew I didn't have much time, I driving a bit crazy just for a sunset, but it was worth it.

The sun hung over the city of Manchester in a ball of fire; I'm surprised you can't see flames jumping from the sun in these pictures. The pictures speak for themselves, there were a few clouds drifting in front of the sun that night which made the pictures even more dramatic. I had heard of the camera cards melting if you expose it to direct sunlight for too long, and I thought "this is the night!" but everything was fine and I had some awesome shots.

The sunsets in St Lucia were not that impressive, in fact, it almost looks cold, but that's not the case, it was extremely humid and oppressive. The sunset here was just very unique, not much color but ominous, dark gray and creepy like something you would see in January in the Canadian sky. I caught a snapshot with it going behind a palm tree just to prove we were in the tropics, which I thought was cool.

This set of pictures was breath taking as we watched unfold in the desert. We had been driving all day with the kids, no GPS at the time, and no clue of where we were going, not very smart on our part but everything turned out alright with no one getting hurt. We found a natural rock arch in the Valley of Fire. It was the coolest day in Nevada; it was hot, but very cool. The sun started to set and we were standing on this mountain of red rock, the clouds covered the horizon blocking the sunset, but the sun had another plan!

As the sun set below the mountains the clouds had small holes in them, one by one, the beams of sunlight started poking through as if the sun was melting the clouds, the holes in the clouds kept multiplying, each snapshot was a different view, it was incredible to watch this unfold right before our eyes, and I had never seen this display from Mother Nature before that day or since that day. The pictures are real as real can get, no photo shop here, just a raw set of photos.

My son and I were returning from a long walk on the beach at Marco Island. The sun was setting and the moon was rising, we were caught between two natural beauties, my son love both as much as I do, so we had some quality time that day. As we walked along the beach the sunset was like a canvas of water colors, the clouds looked like splatter paint with changing colors every second. Every picture was unique, and filled with colors of the rainbow. The show lasted about a half hour, and we let the magnificence wash all over us like the smell of a new car on a test drive, it was amazing.

Just driving home one night I had notice the sky turning bright yellow and orange, I just happen to be driving past a well known river in NH. I pulled over and the shots were incredible, pictures really don't do the sky justice that night. The sky was extremely bright as if a storm were approaching, the clouds hovering above were very dark, but the sun had a way of lighting all the edges like a neon light, each picture revealed a different fold in each cloud. As we watch in awe, the sun light dimmed, we slowly watched the beauty drift away, never to be seen again. I was grateful to have witnessed this phenomenon, this sky that had shown me 15 minutes of beauty has been burned into my memory, I could lose the pictures forever, but I could never forget that evening.

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I have put together this video just for you, it has a few more sunsets that are not in the hub, and I added a little music. When you watch the video, notice the sunset pictures on the Tin City Sunset Cruise, at the end of those photos, I added the short video clip as the sun set below the horizon, I was hoping for the green spark, but no spark, just very cool to watch and listen to how excited the crowd was.

I hope you enjoyed my sunset pictures, please leave me a comment, and let me know what you think. I enjoyed putting this together for you as much as I enjoyed taking the pictures. I had a chance to reminisce and relive the days when I had the chance to witness the awesome beauty that surrounds us, the beauty that some people are too busy to notice, I have captured it here, for you to enjoy.