MacchiatoMan: Sunset Photography

Enough Talk-Talk, Here's Some Eye Candy

Thu, 29 Sep 2005 07:16:01 GMT

The desert has its charms, including running in the balmy 80 degree evenings, but it's always a thrill to see Mount Rainier off the wing and know I'm coming back to Seattle. In this picture, Mt. St. Helens is visible to the right, and Mt. Hood (in Oregon) is just to the left of Rainier.

World-Weary

Wed, 02 Feb 2005 06:03:52 GMT

This isn't a bad representation of my outlook lately. Work has just been sucking the life out of me these last weeks. A couple of projects I've taken on that I thought would be controllable have turned out to involve a lot more effort. The situation will only last another 2 or 3 weeks, I'm hoping, so I can at least catch up to my normal level of "late", and not these uncharted depths.

So, I have yet to post in February. I can hear you all pouting out there, and the cacophony has led me to eschew sleep a little longer. I've been doing more of the "Caffeine in the Evening" thing than usual lately, as my evenings turn into extended workdays. And it's every bit as satisfying as gin & soda. Every bit.

I watched most of the Super Bowl with my mother in law Sunday. It had been billed as so squeaky clean and inoffensive that Mrs. Perils was calling it the Tidy Bowl. I've never paid much attention to the halftime shows - I was in marching bands, damn it, and a halftime show without a marching band doesn't really count - so I have no way to judge whether Sunday's was more or less stultifying than others, but I found the ads almost totally without humor or entertainment value. A shining exception was the one where a guy's girlfriend walks in to see him holding a cat by the scruff of the neck, a butcher knife in the other hand, wading in a pool of spilled spaghetti sauce and about a nanosecond to differentiate himself meaningfully from Glenn Close. I had no dog in the actual football game, but it was satisfyingly competitive and I thrilled when my Ohio State boy, Mike Vrabel, caught a touchdown.

The bloodshot lid closes on another day. I'll be back.

Desert Sunset

Sun, 07 Nov 2004 12:20:16 GMT

Unlooked-for cloud cover produced this sunset as my plane left Tucson Saturday.

Sunset at Lake Serene in the Washington Cascades

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 15:39:10 GMT

Last Sunset of August

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 19:45:24 GMT

The Olympic Mountains peek under the Aurora Bridge as the sun sets on August. Taken from my kayak on Lake Union. The industrial structure on the right is a part of Gasworks Park.

Gasworks Park Sunset

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:32:13 GMT

For even more sunsets, go see Dr. Omed's Patented Sunset Derby.

Yawn. Another Sunset.

Tue, 08 Jun 2004 06:12:57 GMT

Today was mostly a blah day, atmospherically, chilly and overcast. But as dinner drew to a close I started seeing elements that usually point to a sunset worth watching. I wandered upstairs with my camera and spent the next 45 minutes sort of slackjawed as the colors of the clouds and the Olympic range changed kaleidoscopically each minute.

Day 1: The Beach Is Back

Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:19:46 GMT

It’s a 5 – 6 hour drive from Seattle to our destination on the Oregon coast, which is halfway between Florence and Yachats (ya-HOTS). Our route involves two cognitive segments: a 250-mile slog down I-5 to Corvallis which, to be fair, can be really scenic if it’s clear and you can see Mts. Rainier, St. Helens, Hood and Bachelor, as well as the Columbia River crossing and a panoramic view of Portland; and a winding 70-mile run from Corvallis thru the coast range to the ocean that nicely draws a curtain on the I-5 corridor.

We reached the coast about 5 pm, had dinner in Yachats and then headed south to our lodgings. It was an uncharacteristically warm, sunny day on the coast – nearly 80 degrees – and I felt a kickass sunset coming on as we drove along US 101, the coast highway. I pulled off the road at Cape Perpetua, a campground and scenic area maintained by the Forest Service, and laid my trap for the sunset. Here are the results, framed by a Sitka spruce:

Sunset on the Oregon Coast 4/2002

Fri, 26 Mar 2004 22:18:27 GMT

Sunset at the Vernal Equinox

Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:25:21 GMT

We walked west to Phinney Ridge (north Seattle) foraging for dinner, and I had to keep snapping the sunset each time we came to an intersection and could see between houses. Can't decide which one I like better, so I posted the three best ones.

Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:22:05 GMT

Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:18:35 GMT

Keeping Dr. Omed Happy

Sun, 14 Mar 2004 19:04:49 GMT

These two pictures are of the same sunset, on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound, Washington. The rainbow formed directly behind me as I faced the declining sun.

Sun, 14 Mar 2004 19:00:29 GMT

Sunset, Grand Tetons, August 2003

Thu, 12 Feb 2004 17:41:33 GMT

Sunset, Rose Bowl, January 1, 1969

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 19:40:46 GMT

Yellowstone, overlooking a geyser field

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:45:38 GMT

On a kayak trip on Sucia Island, San Juan County, WA

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:33:41 GMT

It has a Spanish name, but it's a long way from the Sea of Cortez.

My Last Day In Loreto

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:31:51 GMT

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:27:25 GMT

Isla San Carmen, Baja

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:16:56 GMT

It's a sunRISE. So sue me.

Loreto, Baja

Wed, 11 Feb 2004 04:05:18 GMT

Taken from the rooftop restaurant of a hotel. the Alamo-style building in the foreground is from around 1680.