We had a perfect perch from which to watch the sky extend its repertoire. From the verandas of our rented apartment, we could take in three-quarters of the sky; and from our bed we had a straight ahead view of the sunrises. I go a little crazy when I see photos posted to Facebook and other things that are impossibly exaggerated colors making claims to reality. I understand that it can be fun to tweak nature, but there's enough of the spectacular in the world without thinking you can do better with filters. You can do something. Something different. It might be good art. It might have all sorts of purposes, but it's not the sunset you or I actually photographed, so I don't pretend to have taken an unbelievable photo. Blah. Blah. Blah. I'm often chasing elusive shifts of color and I do change shooting modes depending on what's happening, including how still I can be holding a camera in the wind. But most of my sunrises and sunsets were taken using the Nikon's most general, basic automatic mode, maybe bracketing after that if there's time or interest. I also usually shoot most things twice because I'll inevitably see things more clearly after the first take. Or I'm steadier in one. I've got lots of sunsets I love that were shot in Oregon but not many like the last three in this bunch looking across Port-Vendres. It was true of both sunrises and sunsets there that they were fast. If you're not ready, just come back tomorrow if you can. The colors were often changing in dramatic, rapid shifts that seemed to be caused by the fast evaporation of the clouds. Also fun to simply watch without the camera or any purpose.
The first three photos were at Mt St Michel with the tide way out and a number of school field trips in colorful rain jackets flowing in streams and pools of their own on a windy, gray morning.
