Tonight's activities took me to a town that I had not been to in a long while. As I traveled down some dusty old, back country roads with my family to a softball game; I was reminded of times when I was younger traveling those roads to my cousins house. It was a nice feeling driving on this familiar, but forgotten stretch of winding road. It was even more surreal as we all pulled into this quiet little town and witnessed all that had changed over the years. My father, youngest daughter and wife all watched the game while enjoying some hot dogs and pop. Sadly, I didn't recognize anyone there and if anyone recognized me; I was unaware of it. The game ended with a loss to my daughter's team and we packed up and headed back out of town. As we drove back down those country roads the sky was on fire in a spectacular show of color. I pulled over to the side of the road and got out my gear to give a sunset a try. At that point, I was not really in the best place to photograph, but I was afraid to move as the light fades so quickly at that time of the day. It would just have to be good enough I thought, and continued to take frames of the settling sun. Soon heavy rain drops began to plop down on me, so I had to stop and pack up my gear to get out of the rain.
For some reason, I kept my camera up front with me and as we drove I took peeks at the captured images. They looked ok, and I was hopeful that I had gotten a good daily image. Not far into the journey home; I noticed how the light was still working on the horizon and new colors had joined in the dance. With my father sitting next to me; I began to photograph the horizon as I drove. He just sat there without saying one word, but I could imagine what he was thinking. "That's a good way to get into an accident!", I could hear him muttering inside his mind. Eventually, we had to turn another direction putting the colors on my left, and it was not easy to photograph. Convinced I had enough; I put on the lens cap and called it a day. Back in my Super Secret Basement Photo Lab I began scanning through the images and came upon this one. I loved it immediately, and after a little bit of this and that magic, it became today's image. Maybe it has a slight water color feel to it. Never the less; I love the way it makes me felt to be driving on those roads again.
Happy Shooting.
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