Last evening, Sylvia and I were returning home from a church meeting.  As we drove down our secondary road, our house came into view on the east side.  To the west, the sun was preparing to set.  The light of that sun created a dramatic effect on our house.  I said to Sylvia, “It’s a pity that I can’t capture that image, but it will be gone by the time I can retrieve the camera and get in place.”

I knew this was true.  I had tried a couple of times before and always met with failure.  Last evening was different.  We entered the house, and the light still seemed to be good.  I took camera in hand and went out on the front (upper) lawn.  This is what the camera saw:

This image is not processed, except for being re-sized–as are all of today’s images.

I made sure that I was standing in the shade so my shadow wouldn’t be in the shot.  The scene was more vivid to the eye, but I chose not to manipulate the image.

A short while later, I looked out to see what the sky looked like.  It was going to be interesting, and this is what I saw:

How about those clouds that are lit from below?

Anticipation is building within me as the moments roll along.  The sun if fast disappearing below the horizon.  And then . . .  It makes a last and dramatic appearance.

Increasing color is building drama into the scene.

Can you see the silo just to the left of the sun?  That sun will set behind the silo at the equinox.  As you can see here (as well as on the calendar) that equinox is approaching.

A little more patience and perhaps my reward will come . . .  And it did.

Finally bright fire filled the sky and made the wait worthwhile.

I was so tempted to work on this with Photoshop Elements. Isn’t it better to see the raw images?  I hope you like them.

The pictures taken, I went in and ate a late supper, which Sylvia had prepared.  We had sweet corn, baked potatoes, pickled beets, fresh green beans from the garden and lots of other veggies.  Yum yum.