Pier Silhouette by abirkill

Pier Silhouette

A mostly overcast day, especially to the north, ended with a slight gap in the clouds as sunset approached, so as downtown Vancouver still doesn't have a clear view of the sunset at this time of year, I headed over the bridge to Ambleside Park in West Vancouver.

When I got there, clouds in the distance were obscuring the sunset, making it less impressive than I'd hoped for. However, I hung around, because sometimes the sky can light up after the sun has set, as the rays from below the horizon light up the clouds from underneath. Sure enough, about 10 minutes after sunset, a strong pink and purple glow appeared on the horizon.

I had been taking wide-angle shots, but the clouds overhead meant the glow was confined to the horizon, so I switched to my 135mm lens and lined up with the fishing pier at Ambleside Park, silhouetting the pier and the figures in front of the brightest area of sky. The dark clouds just came into the top of shot, giving some nice drama to this post-sunset photo.
Simply gorgeous colours. Fav!
January 30th, 2014  
What a beautiful capture Alexis.... just perfect
January 30th, 2014  
Fabulous capture fav!
January 30th, 2014  
Great shot Alexis - beautiful colours
January 30th, 2014  
just glorious!
January 30th, 2014  
beautiful!
January 30th, 2014  
Amazing sky
January 30th, 2014  
the sunset colours are stunning
January 30th, 2014  
Lovely photo, and atmosphere.
January 30th, 2014  
the sky has created an amazing backdrop :)
January 30th, 2014  
Really gorgeous!
January 30th, 2014  
Totally gorgeous!
January 30th, 2014  
Beautiful colours and shot!
January 30th, 2014  
Love the layers of colors and that water..beautiful shot!
January 30th, 2014  
Absolutely delicious - love, love this pic :) FAV !
January 30th, 2014  
Stunning.
January 30th, 2014  
Beautiful layers of color! Love it! Fav!
January 30th, 2014  
The distinct layers bring a newness to this pier photo.
January 30th, 2014  
Beautiful!
January 30th, 2014  
love that omminous sky, brilliant shot
January 30th, 2014  
Crikey that sky - wonder what happened next!
January 30th, 2014  
It looks so lonesome. Great capture.
January 30th, 2014  
Beautiful Image. Love the sky. Thanks very much for your description of how you took the shot. I had no idea that you might see a magnificent sky like this after sunset.
January 30th, 2014  
fav
January 30th, 2014  
You really take care of the details. Nice separation between the elements with no overlap and wonderful compostion.
January 31st, 2014  
Love this sky
January 31st, 2014  
Lee
Its a great shot, the sky is brilliant, but what i like most are the little lights on the boats and the pier.
January 31st, 2014  
The briliant sky color and much more subtle color in the water set off the silhouettes beautifully.
January 31st, 2014  
Wonderful colors and a beautiful shot.
January 31st, 2014  
The dark dark clouds overhead make the color in this photo pop.
January 31st, 2014  
Amazing vibrant colours
January 31st, 2014  
Nice sky
January 31st, 2014  
Gorgeous.
February 1st, 2014  
Fabulous image. Amazing color in the sky!! Love the boat and dock silhouettes. FAV of course!
February 1st, 2014  
incredible sky!
February 2nd, 2014  
Amazing sky and silhouette, I just love this
February 2nd, 2014  
Beautiful sky :)
February 2nd, 2014  
Lovely capture ...fav
February 4th, 2014  
A sunset doesn't get much prettier than this! It's just beautiful. Fav!
February 5th, 2014  
Fabulous sky and shot Alexis...Fav.
February 5th, 2014  
Sublime!
February 6th, 2014  
You take such beautiful images so I'm really touched that you fav'd one of mine. (sugared cone). Thanks!
February 6th, 2014  
Beautiful.
February 14th, 2014  
Wow, fav
February 16th, 2014  
This is so beautiful; On Friday last, I was driving to collect my grand-daughter and the sky was gorgeous and deep, deep purple not dis-similar to this beautiful image but couldn't stop to shoot, so glad to see someone has captured something so beautiful, you are very skillful
February 16th, 2014  
Dramatic!
February 21st, 2014  
@gratefulness Sandi this is another example of a silhouette that I thought you should see.

Another awe-inspiring shot Alexis!
February 26th, 2014  
Wow, this is really beautiful!
February 26th, 2014  
Beautiful shot. Fav
March 2nd, 2014  
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