“Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.”
—John Muir
This week’s assignment for the 52 photo challenge was to take photos of the sunrise/sunset. This aligned perfectly with a very rare week of double travel for me. Not only did I visit Tahoe for a few days, but it was swiftly followed by a quick trip to Dillion Beach. I feel so lucky!
Both trips provided such incredible views to photograph. My selection of images includes both locations at sunrise and sunset. Let me know if you have a favorite and have a wonderful week.
- If you want to read the short story I wrote this time last year:
Week 47: Chalky Hands
- Photos were taken with Olympus OM-D and edited with ON1 Photo RAW
- If you want to join the 52 Photo Challenge, you can find all the information at nicolesy.com
52 Photo Challenge
Week 1: Bokeh
Week 2: Silhouette
Week 3: Black and White
Week 4: Motion Blur
Week 5: Texture
Week 6: Framing
Week 7: Leading Lines
Week 8: Negative Space
Week 9: Patterns
Week 10: Symmetry
Week 11: Green
Week 12: Sidelight
Week 13: Sense of Scale
Week 14: One Lens
Week 15: Series
Week 16: Flat Lay
Week 17: Behind the Scenes
Week 18: Water
Week 19: Blurry Foreground
Week 20: Unique Perspective
Week 21: Shadow
Week 22: Food
Week 23: Abstract
Week 24: Reflection
Week 25: Contrast Color
Week 26: Think in Threes
Week 27: Starburst
Week 28: Low Perspective
Week 29: Macro
Week 30: Backlight
Week 31: Big Sky
Week 32: Dominant Color
Week 33: Fill the Frame
Week 34: Spot Metering
Week 35: Handheld Long Exposure
Week 36: S Curve
Week 37: Shoot Through
Week 38: Faces
Week 39: Blossom
Week 40: Environmental Portrait
Week 41: Texture Overlay
Week 42: Details
Week 43: Season
Week 44: Fog & Steam
Week 45: Nighttime
Week 46: Analog
Numbers 3 and 9 this time. Maybe 4 is a runner up. Hope you had a good Thanksgiving.
Thank you. We had a very peaceful Thanksgiving. I’m glad you liked those photos. You can’t go wrong with a beautiful pink sky.
Such beautiful photos. Sunrises and sunsets always tell us that life goes on. Thank you.
You are so right. Sunrise and sunset are both beautiful reminders we can keep going. Thank you.
Very beautiful photos, Bridgette! Nicely done. 🥰❤️😊
Thank you so much, John! You made my day.
You’re welcome, Bridgette! ❤️
Beautiful sunset
The sky always amazes me! Thank you.
It does make for a beautiful canvas
Stunning!
Thank you so much!
What a great photography Sunrise 🌄 & Sunset 🌆. I like all photos.
So beautiful last your’s photo.
You are so sweet! Thank you.
You are most welcome! Kindness your reply!
The pink sky above the ocean – yes! 🩷 Gorgeous collection!
I sure do love a pink sky! Thank you.
Aww. Awe-mazing
Aww! Thank you 🙂
😘
#3 and #10 are my favourites this week Bridgette 🙂
#10 is my favorite. I sure do love when the ocean turns pink. Thank you.
I like 3 with the needles
I really like that one too. Thank you, Greg.
Those are some gorgeous sunsets ✨
I really feel so fortunate! Thank you.
Wonderful, Bridgette, your photos are amazing! 💐🙋♂️
Aww, thank you!
So good, Bridgette! Love all of these 🙂
I’m happy you like them. Thank you!
Not this time, Bridgette; they’re all too stunning! 🌆 🌅
You are so kind! Thank you.
Some excellent snapshots of different fading sunsets – love the mix of colours here! <3
Thanks! I felt so lucky to visit such beautiful places.
I REFUSE to choose a favorite!
Aww. Thank you 🙂
These are beautiful Bridgette good for the soul 😁we get some greats skies here to in Orkney
I’m so glad you like these photos. Looking up and seeing the sunrise or the sunset is one way we are all connected.
Beautiful photos, Bridgette!
Thanks! I’m so happy you like them.
These are lovely, Bridgette. I particularly liked #3 with that branch peeking into the sunrise view. Isn’t it wonderful how every sunrise and sunset is unique?
It is wonderful! Each day we are reminded of the variety of beauty and how there is much joy to be found in transitions.
Definitely the header photo (unnumbered) is my fave. I like the silhouettes, especially #3. The clouds in #8.
What I love about sunrises and sunsets is how different they can be. That header photo is one of my favorite too because I left the houses in my view. It reminds me of where I was and is closer to what it really looked like. Thank you.
My friend George has a place on Bogue Sound, part of the intracoastal waterway passing by NC. He says the same thing you do, and photographs the rising and setting every day he’s there. 90% of my sunset/rise photos are from when I visit.
That’s amazing. If I had a great view from my own yard I’d 100% do that, but houses block most of the sunrise and sunsets in my neighborhood. What a worthy thing to do.
I like #3 with the needles as a frame with that one in the middle.
I’m always so excited when a tree provides a frame for me. Thank you.
#10 simple, artistic, effective. Re-reading the story of the girl, it is all the stronger for the faint glimmers of hope being blinked out. No redemption.
Thank you so much Roy for not only commenting on my photos but my old stories. It means so much to me.
I hope you intend to publish a collection of stories and/or poetry at some stage.
I’d love to do both. I’m also working on a middle-grade novel I hope to get traditionally published about Thor’s daughter.
Your photos are simply *kisses fingers*
You are so sweet! Thank you.
Thank you for sharing wonderful pictures and a part of your world!!.. a tranquil time to reconnect with oneself and contemplate the future… 🙂
Reminds me of the phrase; “red sky in the morning, shepherds warning, red sky at night, shepherds delight”.. 🙂
Hope all is well in your part of the universe and until we meet again….
May flowers always line your path
and sunshine light your way,
May songbirds serenade your
every step along the way,
May a rainbow run beside you
in a sky that’s always blue,
And may happiness fill your heart
each day your whole life through.
May the sun shine all day long
Everything go right, nothing go wrong
May those you love bring love back to you
And may all the wishes you wish come true
(Irish Saying)
You are so right! There’s nothing like the sunrise and the sunset for contemplation. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are well.
3,10,11 These are all stunning. But 3, 10, and 11 are my favorites.
I’m so glad you liked those the best. It’s such a blessing to witness the sunrise and the sunset over water. I’m waking early tomorrow to do another shooting at the lake near me. I can’t get enough.