Sundown this evening.

[George McGovern]

[sprinkleeninow]

1. Ooh la la❣

[George McGovern]

5. You have such a way with words. Thank You sprinkleeninow!

[sprinkleeninow]

11. You makin' me blush now.😊

[George McGovern]

20. 😊

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. So much beauty, my dear George!

It diminishes the pain in my back.

Thank you!

[George McGovern]

6. Wow! I'm sure glad for your diminishment Peggy! Thank You!!

[Abolishinist]

3. If you don't mind,

I see that you post somewhat frequently in this forum, but after a quick search I didn't find which camera(s) or settings you use. I'm interested in lugging out my wife's camera to catch some sunsets, which can be quite beautiful from our backyard, but it would be helpful to know which settings you use.

Thanks in advance!

[George McGovern]

7. Heck no, Abolishinist, don't mind at all. No one's asked before.

I have two Olympus mirrorless bodies and two Olympus zooms. An E-M1 Mark II with 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro and an E-M10 Mark II with 12-45mm f/4.0 Pro. However, Olympus makes micro 4/3 cameras and lenses, which make the lenses equivalent to full frame 80-300mm and 24-90mm.

I like to shoot in Aperture Priority, most always adding or subtracting exposure compensation, plus 400 ISO at f/5.6. Unless I'm going for blurry background then it's f/2.8, f/4.0. Also, I add or subtract highlights, shadows, saturation in post processing as needed.

What is your wife's camera? What lenses come with it? I think it's a great idea to take up her camera. Any further questions please don't hesitate to ask. Let me know how it goes!

George

[Abolishinist]

13. Thanks so much for your quick response.

Her camera is a Canon Rebel SL1 (DS126441). As far as I know, it's the standard lens that came with the camera. We used to (pre-covid) travel a lot... she would take the still shots, I preferred doing videos. But now that we're more or less home-bound, I thought it might be interesting to try a few still photos.

[George McGovern]

19. You're welcome. The SL1 looks to be a nice camera from some reviews I read.

[Deuxcents]

4. Beautiful display at the end to the day. 🙏

Adding this one to my collection

[George McGovern]

8. Thank You Deuxcents! I appreciate that.

[LoisB]

9. Brilliant! Not sure if I am expressing this correctly but there is always LIFE in your photographs.

They don't just look like pretty pictures, they breathe. My opinion, anyway.

[George McGovern]

14. Thanks so much Lois -- that's a very nice opinion. I try to convey the beauty in nature.

Pictures can stir emotions, bring smiles, portray nature, impart inner peace. That is what I aim to do with a camera.

[LoisB]

15. You have perfected it. Thank you.

[George McGovern]

18. You are most welcome Lois. I thank you.

[Warpy]

10. Looks like one of the paintings Turner did after Krakatoa blew up in 1883

I wonder if ash in the stratosphere from the Tonga volcano contributed to it. I remember the sunsets after Pinatublo bloew up were spectacular.

[George McGovern]

16. Thank You Warpy. I'd not known of William Turner until now. What an amazing artist.

[Warpy]

21. Also widely respected by the scientific community

because he so clearly documented the atmospheric changes following a large Plinian eruption.

[niyad]

12. Breathtaking.

[George McGovern]

17. Thanks so much niyad.