Week 4: Sunset on the Horizon - Rachel Stinger

Hello everyone! Rachel here and I'm back with another photo of clouds. I have always been drawn to sunsets and love how the sky looks when there's cloudy sunsets. I always love it when sunsets make clouds pink so they look like cotton candy.

Unlike my first post, this post was taken at 7:14pm in the parking lot of a shopping center by my house. I was picking up some dinner (support local businesses!) and was drawn to the light of the sunset. I love how the warm amber of the setting sun interacts with the underside of the clouds. I love how the hottest part of the light that crests over the hills is a radiant white. There is a sliver of warmth and then these plush lavender clouds.

When I look at this photo it reminds me of how hungry I was, but how enraptured I was by the sunset that I paused to snap the photo before retreating to my car. Personally, I feel like this photo has a physical warmth to it. Although the sun is setting, I feel like the light is pushing up and through the clouds. This photograph has a very soft energy to it. I feel like the light softly brushes and caresses the clouds, not like a noonday summer sun that seeks to push out all moisture.