Sunday, June 5, 2011

Smoke on the water ....

Depending on your monitor, you might see some deep purple here. The scene is not Montreux, but our back yard late on a nice spring evening. I was reminded of a chorus of a well-known rock number when I made some photos of this sunset. You might know it too - if not, you can have a listen here.

(60mm  f5.6  1/40 sec  ISO400)


27 comments:

Cloudia said...

Wow! Awesome for REAL!


Aloha from Waikiki :)

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Bitch said...

Deep purple on my monitor.
Looks so from another world.
Hugs from Greece!!!!!

darlin said...

Stunning sunset Rick, you've done a magnificent job capturing it as well. That song gives me nightmares, my older sisters used to take off my Bed-knobs and Broomsticks album off and put on their Deep Purple when I was about ten, I don't think I've ever forgiven them for that one! lol

Interesting Foto said...

great sunset capture. nice colors

magda said...

Fantastic photo with so beautiful colors!!!
Have a nice week!
Many greetings

Marty said...

je t'ai suivi dans ta promenade à travers bois, même si je ne t'ai pas laissé des commentaires, et j'ai
beaucoup aimé ! ce coucher de soleil
est d'une rare beauté ! j'aime beaucoup les arbres en ombres chinoises ! je te souhaite une belle semaine et je t'envoie un bisou rouge poppy pour chaque jour !!!

Elizabeth Grimes said...

There is a song called "Deep Purple," but it's about snowfall. Just beautiful.

Fábio Martins said...

Beautiful sky. I like it :)

Soraia said...

So beautiful! :D

The new blog it's like this one. I only made a new one because I'm needing a change :D
Sunday i'll tell you the new link to my blog :D

Dagmar said...

Hee Rick, hoe staat het leven er daar voor. Zo te zien heel erg mooi. I've missed out on much (again...sigh seems to be the story of my life right now) but I"m soooooo busy om mijn eigen bedrijfje op te zetten tja als fotograaf en das nog nie zo makkelijk.
So I'm trying to stay focused on blog but it's kinda hard. Loved Sasha and the postcard pics and everything else from there up to here. Missed you buddy.
Keep up the fun work.
Hugs Dagmar

Nancy said...

Yes, I know the song well. ;)

Fantastic clouds in this shot, Rick.

Saz said...

What a gorgeous photo! I really love it! (: Great job. Lovely colours.

Leslie said...

no purple here... just glorious blues and rosy pink. wonderful.

Tammy said...

A fire in the sky....

Think that is what they were singing about?

Karin / Southern Meadows said...

What an amazing sunset! You are so fortunate to see such glorious colors from your garden!

Betty Manousos said...

incredibly exquisite skies, Rick!!
great colour combination.

love it!

have a great day!

betty

imac said...

What a wonder Rick, and yes to the music too, brill post.

Hilda R.B said...

This sunset photo was great. And i remeber the song to. one of my favorit. Well done Rick. We got this sunset yesterday. It is amazing. Have a nice week.

S. Etole said...

such depth of color ... and your new banner is beautiful, too ...

Rick said...

Mahalo Cloudia ! Have a wonderful week; aloha !

Thank you, Monika. It IS another world - my backyard ;-) Have a great Wednesday !

LOL Darlene - that's one of my favourite songs (and I have LOTS !). Do you ever listen to it now ?

Thanks for visiting, Richard, and for your nice comment.

Lisa Gordon said...

Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous sky!
Beautifully captured.

Rick said...

Thank you very much, Magda ! I hope your week is a good one too.

Merci, Marty ! I appreciate your kind words, and especially the poppy-red bisous ! I wish you a wonderful week, and since we have beaucoup de warmth, I blow some warm bisous over to you ;-)

LOL - I think the song I was thinking about predates you by quite a few years Elizabeth ! ;-) Reveals my age I guess. Thanks ;-)

Obrigado, Fábio !

Thank you, Soraia ! I'm looking forward to seeing your new blog !

Rick said...

Hi Dag - thanks for coming 'op bezoek' ! And thank you for taking the time to have a look around. Veel geluk met je nieuw 'bedrijfje' - je zult er wel heel wat van maken - good luck ! Ik hoop dat je nog een beetje tijd over hebt voor je blog - kom ik nog wel kijken. Groetjes !

Good one, Nancy, and thank you !

Thank you Ruth !

Thanks Saz !

Rick said...

Thank you Leslie ! (the purple was only in my head ;-)

You got it, Tammy ! ;-)

Thanks Karin; yes, we have no obstructions to the west (being in the countryside), and we have a small landing on the 2nd storey - I get a lot of sunsets there (not this one).

Thanks for your kind words, Betty !

Rick said...

Thanks Stewart (and I thought you might like the tune ;-)

Thank you, Hilda - glad you enjoyed the song too ! I shall be over shortly to look at your sunset.

Thank you on both counts, Susan.

Thanks for visiting, and your comment, Lisa !

mariiana capela fotografia said...

I love the colors!! :D

Rick said...

Obrigado, Mariiana !