Smokey…
About 2 weeks ago I was walking around downtown looking for something to photograph, and as the sun was setting, it became so red like I haven’t seen in a long time. I believe last time was on a MC trip in Portugal, and it was more or less under the same circumstances – smoke pollution from forest fires. This time of year is fire season up here, and as the vegetation and soil dries out in the heat, it just takes a lightning strike to start a fire. There was about a 100 or so fires going a couple of weeks ago, and it turns out that the smoke from some of these forest fires in Northern Ontario was moving south and causing these amazing colors.
I underexposed the image quite a bit to get the deep red colors, it is also cropped very tight in post to eliminate power lines, communication towers and other junk that obstructs a clear view.

This is a fantastic capture Jan. Underexposing for the sun worked extremely well.
August 1, 2011 at 9:13 am
Wow, that’s a very eerie feeling image. Nice work Jan!
August 1, 2011 at 10:04 am
This is perfect man, love those warm tones
August 1, 2011 at 10:27 am
Nice!! Funny, the subject is the sun of course, but man… That bird just adds so much more life to this shot.
August 1, 2011 at 10:39 am
Great photo Jan. Just love the colors and the tones. It’s a shame that about the fires though.
August 1, 2011 at 11:51 am
Gorgeous capture. Those red tones are amazing.
August 1, 2011 at 11:53 am
Jan this if beautiful. The colors are outstanding. Great capture.
August 1, 2011 at 12:42 pm
That’s the beauty of photography; you have to see this (and capture this) to believe it. Strange and extraordinary. Creative perspective and post-processing Jan.
August 1, 2011 at 3:52 pm
An amazing image Jan! I love how you brought out the vivid color in the sun!
August 1, 2011 at 11:22 pm
Brilliant image, beautiful!
August 2, 2011 at 11:34 am
Really well done, I love the feel you got with this one.
August 2, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Stunning photo, Jan. This is a really awesome capture. Love the mood this strikes. Good stuff, man.
August 2, 2011 at 5:26 pm
Nice shot Jan!
August 3, 2011 at 8:26 am
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