Saskatchewan Sunset October 24/07 (and there is the flat land of the prairies at the bottom of this pic ;)

Lilypon, on October 24, 2007, said:

My camera can handle colours!!!!

Vicki Binder, on October 24, 2007, said:

Fantastic!

Ryan Calhoun, on October 24, 2007, said:

Wow!

Ryan Calhoun, on October 24, 2007, said:

(funny, you'd think the Saskatchewan dealers would know to only sell black and white cameras...probably the camera police will show up now to confiscate your unauthorized color-taking camera.)

Lilypon, on October 24, 2007, said:

:D I wouldn't let my husband start the car until it had gone all the way down!!! ;D

Lilypon, on October 24, 2007, said:

LOLOLOLOLOLOL Ryan I just read your last comment. ;)

Now Saskatchewan does like to brag about it's sunsets (that's why the farmers find the mountains they've retired to get in the way of the view ;).

Ryan Calhoun, on October 24, 2007, said:

I know the feeling. Around here you can't see the forest for the trees...and you can't see anything else either!

Lilypon, on October 24, 2007, said:

LOL I guess God took some things away but he always leaves something wonderful in their place. :)

Is the Saskatchewan sitcom Corner Gas showing down there yet? (it's been picked up by a number of American channels). They say the actors from down East (where lots of trees are ;) will put out lawn chairs just to watch the sun go down here.

There are a couple of prairie fires burning right now and I think that added even more to the above sunset.

Ryan Calhoun, on October 24, 2007, said:

I've never heard of it. A TV show? I've been wondering about your Corner Gas tag with no photos. I agree, I think every place on earth has something wonderful to offer (some places just take more looking).

Lilypon, on October 24, 2007, said:

I had them tagged. :( They must have disappeared when Panoramio had all the tagging problems.

(some places just take more looking) LOL Yep I do agree! ;)

Ntinos Lagos, on October 24, 2007, said:

Bravo Pam.

Great picture!!

Greets, Ntinos

Lilypon, on October 25, 2007, said:

:D thank you so much Ntinos! :D I was so excited to get home and see how they turned out! ;)

Eve in Montana, on October 25, 2007, said:

Fantastic, Pam! Are you sure you can't find another 11 to post? ;). Seriously, I love the green hues. It's a work of art! I've just added to "my favs". Greetings from down under and a little to the left!

AlexMatos, on October 25, 2007, said:

No...No...this is not a real photo Pam, such beautifull colours, this is wonderfull, go to YS and best of....

Cheers, Alex

mossip, on October 25, 2007, said:

:) beautiful photo Pam looks like a painting in the sky-greetings mossip

Rom@nce, on October 25, 2007, said:

love the many layers of beautiful colours in this photo Pam,wonderful job :o)

cheers!!!!

Jean & Coco, on October 25, 2007, said:

Hi Pam wonderfull picture. I'm in love with this kind of photos...do you like them? Amitiés de France.

Jean

Billy B@rk, on October 25, 2007, said:

Beautiful shot Pam. I used to wear a t-shirt like that in the 60's! ;)

It must have been really good to watch the colours change as the sun went down.

Lilypon, on October 25, 2007, said:

LOL Eve :D I did the same with my gap road photos. ;) I do believe I've have another 30 or 40 pictures from last evening but after all the horsie uploads :) I thought I'd better limit myself.

((Alex)) and ((Eve)) thank you for such a wonderful compliment! :D

Mosip, Rom@ance, and Billy I'm so glad you stopped by to see how Mother Nature's paintbrush outdid itself last night (and I'm so grateful I was there to capture it).

Greetings from Pam (who now lives down in the valley and often misses the sunsets she grew up seeing at the top of the hill).

Lilypon, on October 25, 2007, said:

Jean (nano13 thank you so much for visiting (I apologize I missed you above but I had to leave desk for lunch). I love sunsets (and I quickly scanned your beautiful ones but won't have time to comment until after work).

T NL, on October 25, 2007, said:

Wow, stunning colors! My cloudy sunsets can be found here, but I don't have them with so many different colors in it.

Greets, T NL

♫ Swissmay, on October 26, 2007, said:

Wonderful Pam! The colours of Saskatchewan in an artistic pattern! It's great! Congratulations!

Greetings, May

Lilypon, on October 26, 2007, said:

Thank you so much May! Saskatchewan's sunsets/sunrises are my prairie mountains and castles. :D

© alfredschaffer, on October 27, 2007, said:

Wow Pam, the colours of Saskatchewan are realy amazing!

Greetings Alfred

Lilypon, on October 27, 2007, said:

Lilypon, on October 27, 2007, said:

LOL hmmm why is it when you type a longer reply it disappears??? ;)

Thank you for visiting and your comment Alfred! :D The above sunset kept us mesmerized (and my camera clicking constantly ;). I would've given my eye-teeth to have been near a lake, pond or some trees (there is, however, the flat plains at the bottom of the above picture).

© alfredschaffer, on October 27, 2007, said:

HiPam, I understand yery well what you feel. My home town is on a beautiful river, there are more than 400 ponds and 3 other rivers not far way und so on. But it´s no great landscape. So I must work with the things I have.

Have you everywhen tried it with macros? Makes fun! Excuse my bad English!

Greetings Alfred

♫ Swissmay, on October 27, 2007, said:

Yes, Pam, I agree to what you answered me! Your "castles and mountains" are outstanding. Though I live in the hills or what you would call mountains, ;) I love your Saskatchewan landscapes as well, your photos are beautiful!

Greetings, May

© marek jagnešák, on October 27, 2007, said:

GREAT COLOURS, Lilypon! Yellow star!

Greetings Marek, Slovakia.

Lilypon, on October 27, 2007, said:

Alfred I've taken pictures of my flowers with my old camera on a macro setting but I hadn't thought of testing it on my new camera. :S Thank you so much for the reminder! (last night was our first snow, didn't last, but the hard frost would've looked wonderful with the macro setting).

Your area sounds a lot like mine (we do have rivers flowing through my town too but the countryside it's sure hit and miss ;).

Thank you May and I chuckled in agreement when I read "the hills or what you would call mountains". ;)

(((Marek))) thank you so very much for the wonderful compliment (and I, in turn, thank Mother Nature from the bottom of my heart ;). Prior to posting the above picture I used "I'm feeling lucky" at Picasa to clear the picture to the extent of what we saw with our eyes (my camera tends to have what looks like a dusty film over the image when it's taken at that time of night). The colours and clarity is now pretty close to an accurate portrayal (I just wish I had an object in the above picture to give perspective on the incredible amount of sky that sunset filled....a panoramic shot would really have been the only one to do it justice).

Greetings from Saskatchewan, Canada, Pam

©junebug, on October 27, 2007, said:

All the different colours of this sunset are just beautiful, Pam! It's another great shot. Cheers, Anne

Ivan Shkalikov, on October 27, 2007, said:

I agree with Anne, Pam!

Lilypon, on October 27, 2007, said:

I'm very pleased you both enjoyed it! :D Thank you for the lovely compliments Anne and Ivan. :)

Marilyn Whiteley, on October 27, 2007, said:

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's sunsets. Thou shalt not covet they neighbour's sunsets. Thou shalt not covet ...

Simply wonderful, Pam!

Lilypon, on October 27, 2007, said:

((((((Marilyn)))))) you've had me laughing/chuckling so hard I really am wiping tears from my eyes (thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!)

Margherita-Italy, on October 28, 2007, said:

Greetings Lilypon. Just beautiful, well done. Cheers, Greti

Lilypon, on October 28, 2007, said:

Thanks Greti! :D

Igor_99, on October 28, 2007, said:

Great colours!

Lilypon, on October 28, 2007, said:

Thank you for admiring Saskatchewan's sunset Igor! :D

Luiz C. P. Martins, on October 28, 2007, said:

Lilypon... this is a beautiful sunset photo!

Lilypon, on October 28, 2007, said:

Thank you Luiz! :D

© Kojak, on October 29, 2007, said:

Wow! Fantastic colors!

Lilypon, on October 29, 2007, said:

Thanks Kojok! :D

Yank in Dixie, on October 29, 2007, said:

This is delightful Pam! The color variations are wonderful. You caught it just right! Bruce

Gibrail, on October 29, 2007, said:

amazing colour!

Lilypon, on October 30, 2007, said:

Thank you Bruce :D...I must admit I was caught between taking lots and lots of pics or putting my camera down and just drinking it in (but I knew I'd kick myself for a long time had I done that. ;)

I'm glad you enjoyed it GabriGibra! :D

Yank in Dixie, on October 30, 2007, said:

I know exactly what you are talking about Pam! Maybe we need to start a group....'Hello my name is Bruce..I am an amateur photographer....;-)) Bruce

Lilypon, on October 30, 2007, said:

LOLOLOL yep (and oh the stories we could tell)...I've been eyed so many times now for having a camera permanently attached to me and heard "Why are you taking a picture of that?!?!?! ;).

Ryan Calhoun, on October 30, 2007, said:

APA. Amateur Photographers Anonymous.

Lilypon, on October 30, 2007, said:

LOL yep that would be us ;) But given time (to study the manual ;), practice, and the right set of circumstances I'm sure we will have one or two that they will wish they had taken. With the above I now think I should have crawled down in the ditch and I'm sure I would've found some plant, to serve as a silhouette, that hadn't been mowed down (a professional would've thought of that). BTW at work my co-workers and I decided I should carry a branch/bush/potted plant in the car just for sunsets like the above ;).

Richard Ryer, on October 30, 2007, said:

Greetings Lilypon, Very beautiful sunset. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,

Rich

kamaly, on October 30, 2007, said:

I don't usually leave comments on photos that have lots of them already, but just had to leave one for this amazing sunset! Its magic! And the conversation about how strangely others look at all of us taking photos of plants and the sky and all that wierd stuff is spot on! I still laugh remembering overhearing an incredulous little boy saying to his mom: 'Mom,that lady is taking a picture of the SUN???' when they passed me taking this shot, (well, OK, I think I took about 100...) :-)

Ryan Calhoun, on October 30, 2007, said:

I have a similar story. Once I was taking closeups of plants along a trail in Florida. There was another man walking with his two little girls, going slower than me except I kept stopping. After we passed each other once or twice, I heard one of the girls say "Daddy, why aren't you interesting in different kinds of grass?"

:D

Korolev Yura, on October 31, 2007, said:

Your photos in contest!

Lilypon, on October 31, 2007, said:

Sorry I'm so late to reply....we are currently in Hallowe'en mode but I wanted to say how much I really appreciate everyone's comments here.

Kamaly Thank you so much! :D Truly I've never been this excited over a photo before. ;)

Korolev :D thank you for this wonderful and unexpected complement! :D

Brandon_Belew, on October 31, 2007, said:

0_o I'm google-eyed over this one! It's just fantastic! Not much else I can say about it except WOW.

Lilypon, on November 1, 2007, said:

LOLOL I love your eyes Brandon and Thank you!!! :D

Vicki Binder, on November 4, 2007, said:

Wow Pam! I came back for another look... 300 views already, I think you are a star! ( so I will give you a yellow one) Let me know when we can start the sk\ab chapter of APA... I'm in, as I can also be found on my belly in a frosty ditch.... with my camera. I might fit in! ;D

Lilypon, on November 4, 2007, said:

Thanks Vicki! :D I just noticed how much it's climbed too (but I imagine many are like me combing the sunset tag and taking a closer look at some).

LOLOL I think that's a wonderful idea and you and I will fit into the "sk\ab chapter of APA" perfectly ;) I do know that I for sure will be crawling in a frosty ditch/ditch puddle/anything to put some plant, that escaped the farmer's swather or the ditch mower into the picture! ;)

Vicki Binder, on November 4, 2007, said:

Just for the record.. I don't think it needs a plant, weed or otherwise. This one stands on its own just right! ;)

Lilypon, on November 4, 2007, said:

(((Vicki)))! Well it's most definitely a prairie sunset! ;)

mene, on November 17, 2007, said:

...sure thats not out of a color box??? VERY VERY Nice! Yellow star i'd say! mene

Lilypon, on November 17, 2007, said:

:D Thank you (and nature for sharing) so much Mene! :D

jymsn123, on November 27, 2007, said:

Wow! Great photo. Thanks to bring such colorful photo. How come we share the same sky, but you can have a more colorful life. I am jealous.

Contragulation!

Lilypon, on November 27, 2007, said:

Thank you and welcome to Saskatchewan jymnsn123! :D

Today I found this letter written by a lady in New Brunswick back in 1922. Here's an excerpt:

"Is there another stillmess to compare with a Prairie night? The hoot of an owl seems visible; northern lights seems audible and oh the prairie sunsets...and your diamond-studded sky blankets it all. (Saint John West, N.B).

Criss RB, on November 27, 2007, said:

Wow! fantastic. Criss

Lilypon, on November 27, 2007, said:

Thanks Criss and welcome to the northern plains of Canada! :D

Greetings, Pam

Alan Knox, on November 27, 2007, said:

A simply spectacular sunset, great shot!

Alan

Lilypon, on November 29, 2007, said:

Thank you the compliment and visit to Saskatchewan Alan! Pam

Patricia Badilla, on November 29, 2007, said:

Guau!! el pintor se volvió loco de verdad.

Lilypon, on November 29, 2007, said:

Patricia Usted es correcta, la brocha de la naturaleza de madre estaba muy ocupada esa noche.

Lilypon, on November 29, 2007, said:

I'm glad you enjoyed visiting my sunset Nicola, Cheers, Pam

Igor_99, on December 24, 2007, said:

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you, Lilypon!

Lilypon, on December 26, 2007, said:

Thank you Igor! :D

Cheers and all the best in 2008! Pam

jesusa martinez, on January 9, 2008, said:

muy bonita la foto.

Lilypon, on January 9, 2008, said:

Gracias Jesusa! :)

Neo-Mar, on January 14, 2008, said:

Magic!Really beautiful picture.

Lilypon, on January 14, 2008, said:

Mother Nature sure outdid herself that evening! Thank you for visiting Neo-Mar! :)

Cheers, Pam

jérôme bastianelli, on January 22, 2008, said:

Very beautiful sky, thanks Pam! Greetings,

Jérôme

Lilypon, on January 22, 2008, said:

I'm happy you enjoyed it Jérôme!

Cheers, Pam

Majlend Bramo, on February 8, 2008, said:

Great work with colors! NIce shot

Rafal Ociepka, on February 8, 2008, said:

Stunnig colours! Very good shot, Lilypon, congratulations!

regards

Lilypon, on February 8, 2008, said:

Thank you for the lovely compliments Majlend and Rafal! :)

Victor Galanin, on February 18, 2008, said:

Picturesque photo!

bob-b-o, on February 27, said:

WOAH!...beauty!

jayzoe, on June 8, said:

Fantastic. I love sunsets. I like sunrises too but I am a night owl. Zoe

Lilypon, on June 8, said:

Me too Zoe (notice I don't have many in my gallery??? ;)

We really should head out early though :S (the best pics here are taken in that light).

Krzysztof Machulewski, on July 27, said:

So beautiful sky!

王国庆, on August 4, said:

The best photo I have seen.Greetings from China.

Bepix (Giuseppe de Giacometti), on August 5, said:

Wonderfull picture Lilypon! YS Greetings from Roma. Bepix

Angelmaximo, on August 5, said:

Fantastic !! Gretings from Cabañas Las Ardillas - Argentina

luca ©, 12 days ago, said:

Mi piace molto questo tramonto dai colori pastello. Saluti dall'Italia... Ciao, Luka

ketanfol, 10 days ago, said:

fantastic super foto greetings from TURKEY.

luca ©, 6 days ago, said:

Beautiful composition, wonderful light and shadow, looks like a classical painting :-)

Cheers from Italy, Luka

Казначеев Дмитрий, 5 days ago, said:

It is Photoshop product

kamalyn-3D, 5 days ago, said:

I doubt it, Казначеев Дмитрий. Who on earth are you to come in out of the blue to be insulting other people's shots?

Pam - its nice to be seeing this come up to the top of the comment lists again!

gustl, 15 hours ago, said:

great! golden star!!!

Greetings from Germany

Gustl

Mabe70, 15 hours ago, said:

Golden star! Beautiful shot. Cheers. Massimo