Sunsets are back :)

Ok, so this isn't much of a photo but it was so nice to see the pink sky as I came home from work tonight that I had to take a picture of it. I wish the scenery were a little more picturesque though...

Sunday Sunset

The sky really got my attention this evening; different apertures and shutter speeds produced some fun differences!

Sunset Ski

As the sun was starting to set yesterday this quite seasoned water-skier took to the lake.

As the sun continued its descent the sky turned red and orange.

Later on the pinks came out.

I wasn't able to photograph the fireworks in Rideau Ferry and Perth last night even though we could see them. We were WAY across the lake for the former and could only just see the biggest displays way off in the distance in Perth. Of course it was pitch black and there wasn't close to enough light to take any pictures of them, not to mention I don't have a tripod. Even knowing that, I tried anyway and here's the best I could come up with :)

When in doubt, shoot the sky....

It's over 40 degrees today with the humidity; Brannon is out buying ice cream so we can make milkshakes; I had little to take pictures of because there's no way I'm going outside......so, here's what the sky looks like right now in my back yard.....not too shabby!

Stittsville sunset

The first sunset I've photographed since living here in Stittsville. These were taken over a span of only a couple of minutes last night; I noticed it while I was on the phone (which I was all night, in fact) and was worried it would be gone before I had a chance to grab my camera. It went through a lot of changes in a few minutes but this was all I was able to get.

First one of the season

My parents have a spectacular view (in fact, when people see it in our wedding photos, they don't even think it's real!), with beautiful pink/red sunsets all summer that, unfortunately, disappear during the winter months. I was at home yesterday for Easter dinner and witnessed my first pretty sunset of the season. Apparently it was nothing compared to the one on Sunday but I was still pleased to see it. It seems strange to see a pink sunset over a snowy horizon :)

Sunset on Fallowfield

Not my greatest photos ever - I took these from a moving vehicle - but we had a beautiful sunset last night that was refreshing after all the cloudy/snowy days of late so I had to take some shots.
We celebrated Kevin and Tracy's recent engagement with tacos and wine (total yummy-ness, if not a little strange!). Brannon was asked to be Kevin's Best Man so that's pretty thrilling!
That's 2 really late nights in a row for us; I think we'll sleep well tonight!

Aberdeen Pavillion

I asked Brannon to quickly stop by the Aberdeen Pavilion (a Victorian heritage building) today on our way home. He had something in the oven and literally told me I had 1 minute to take photos so I wasn't able to find great angles but oh well! I just love how the sun enhances the colour of the building in the first shot; yet does very little in the second. This is where the Ottawa Ex (Central Canada Exhibition) is held each year. I also managed to catch a quick shot of the sun setting as we got closer to home.

Summer Sunset

Brigitte and Craig are coming over tonight; with everything that's been going on in our lives we haven't been able to get-together since before the holidays (this is odd for us!). We'll be having a dinner of munchies and probably drinking some wine too.....
The point of this story is that it's unlikely I'll find the time to post any photos today after work so I've gone through my very small collection of personal shots on my computer in the lab and I came across these. I took these photos with my P&S on June 30, 2006; just days after my parents moved into a new home on the Lower Rideau Lake. After 2 full summers of visiting my parents there and seeing such sunsets I still can't get enough of them and it makes me so sad when they "go away" at the end of August.
This makes me wish I was going on a trip down south...hope you're having a great time Pam!