“etude of the sun”

I’ve recently become enamored by the light [or lack thereof] emitted during sunsets. Its illustrious shadows tiptoeing and sliding away like dancing apparitions upon every item they caress. And while these dark shapes are only half of what makes photographing sunsets intriguing, the whimsy thus materializes in their mirror image. The eruption of hues displayed from the spectrum of colors are distinctive, a work of art so delicious you could imagine was finger painted with tubs of sorbet. Images come to life in light of day’s end.

It inevitably vanishes but I continue to wait for the hour when I can gather my gear and pursue this beautiful phenomenon. I’ve become entranced, my heart slows to a steady rhythmic tempo and my finger relaxes over the shutter as I share in the marvel of nature. It is captivating and exhilarating to witness the blazing glow of the sun as it lays itself to sleep below the horizon, while we here on Earth continue to rotate and life awaits a new dawn.

Pondering, stewing in thoughts of visual renderings time and again contemplating how best to capture the object of my attention under such circumstances, I’m affixed. The sinking sun will whisk away the occurrences of the day and in its grasp we release the ecstasy and melancholy to begin anew.

Suddenly darkness creeps in and around me, an all-encompassing veil with its promises of the magic that a new evening brings. Yet, those lovely ideas of rendering creativity through this intense composition allow me to rest soothingly. For the summer sun will continue to blaze and restore the sky with another piece of fine art for me to capture.

Adieu, soleil.