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Sunsets and Shadow Shot Sunday

This week really flew by for me. Did it fly by for anyone else? Maybe it's because I had last Monday off for the National holiday.

I spend most of my free time in my studio. The patio windows of my 8th floor apartment face south. In winter, the room is warm as long as the sun is out. On Tuesday, I happened to glance out the window to see a beautiful sunset effect.

sunibiru sunset closeup
I can't really see the horizon in the west, so it was the setting sun's colors on the clouds rather than the actual sunset. The skyline was dotted by buildings, advertisements, train lines and antennas. Beauty is where we look for it.

sunibiru sunset


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Comments

Unknown said…
Nice, very nice. Great photos.
A Wild Thing said…
I agree, beauty is in the sunset, the shadows and the mists...all that surrounds us is in the beauty of the eye that beholds it.

sharon
Oh my....the sky looks like a painting! Wonderful shadows!
kden said…
How lucky you are to have a view like that. So pretty and mystical.
Hey Harriet said…
Beautiful! I especially love the softness of the first one.

The week flew by for me also. I was happy about that as it was my first week back at work after holidays. Nothing worse than the first week back draaaaging ever so slowly ;)
Unknown said…
Beautiful shots of the sunset!! Yes,the week flew so fast..Have a good weekend :D
Hot Fudge said…
Sunsets are wonderful, aren't they? Your shots are simply beautiful.
Chubby Chieque said…
What nature can give us human is to appreciate it's beauty.

One of my hobby is watching the sun set & sunrises. I can sit there just to watch the sky closes & opens till I close my eyes to dream my unreachable dreams.

Thanks for sharing the wonder I love most.
I didn't think the picture was real..It is beautiful. As you know, I enjoy the sky/clouds so much..I am always checking it out..Beautiful pictures..
GalleryJuana said…
I will probably do a painting based on this photo. And I am definitely going to look up at the sky more often:)
EG CameraGirl said…
Very pretty sky!
Claire, said…
Absolutely gorgeous sky!
Juxtaposed to the building it's poetry in motion.
Great shot!!
Dianne said…
the colors are magic!
Anonymous said…
What an awesome sky! Looks straight out of a painting.
Unknown said…
true divinity.

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