Isn't light awesome? This shot makes me feel really good. I love the color/reflection - just beautiful.
It makes me feel good because sometimes I see beautiful reflections at sunset, but I never deem the scene worthy to shoot and post it. Thanks for posting it - because it is awesome even though there isn't some beautiful lake in the background. ;)
“A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed, and is, thereby, a true manifestation of what one feels about life in its entirety...” - Ansel Adams
My studio/workstation is in a fairly dark room (when not lit with my daylight balanced fluorescents) of the house, and sometimes in the late afternoon I leave the lights off and just work off the computer monitor screens.
If it's clear day, about this time a few golden strands of lights enter from an extreme angle of a side window from the setting sun and paint the most delightfully delicate illumination on small areas of my office.
I never get tired of looking at the shapes and shadows that this light creates in the short time that it does it...
I guess you could call me an "anti-sunset" kind of guy. I have no interest in photographing one. I'd much rather turn my back on it and marvel at the way it paints light on everything else... ;)
"Riding along on a carousel...tryin' to catch up to you..."
-Steve Studio & Lighting - Photography As Art Forum Moderator