Failed. by graemestevens

Failed.

After a failed attempt at a Sin City shot this morning I have resorted to posting this shot, which is remarkably similar to the one that @kimkyra posted last night, and like hers is also SOOC. The reason for that is that when we saw the sunset last night we both raced outside to capture it...and I wasn't quick enough to get mine posted first (which doesn't happen often but a fight over the computer is most unbecoming). I'm still working on the Sin City shot...it may still happen, in the meantime you'll have to make do with this monstrosity.
If it's any consolation - the sky does look like it's on fire - and I do know how much you love fire - I think this is just stunning.......
September 2nd, 2014  
Wicked looking sky
September 2nd, 2014  
A landscape picture in portrait view and a very daring crop... and it just works. Great pic Graeme.
September 2nd, 2014  
I wish I could come up with a monstrosity like this one!!
September 2nd, 2014  
i'm still deciding which is the hero of this.. the sky or the skyline. either way i like it
September 2nd, 2014  
@deak68 Thanks very much - we couldn't believe it when we looked out the window and this going on!
@scolgs Thanks very much :)
@vignouse Thank you very much - I'm nothing if not different...
@kt8ird LOL, blame Mother Nature!
@brigette Thank you very much indeed
September 2nd, 2014  
What a horrible photo! I mean, come on! That's the best you can do?? (please read with intense sarcasm!)
September 2nd, 2014  
The sky looks like fire, and I reckon I can see a Dementor up there. Definitely scary stuff.
September 2nd, 2014  
Great colors! Love the layering in the sky.
September 2nd, 2014  
@eyeamlisa Oh I did read it with intense sarcasm...thanks very much :)
@golftragic Not meant to be scary, but it was certainly impressive!
September 2nd, 2014  
@graemestevens Dementors scare me.
September 2nd, 2014  
@taffy Thanks _ I'll pass that on to Mother Nature. I was just the idiot behind the camera for this one!
September 2nd, 2014  
@golftragic Nah, they're just big pussy cats ;)
September 2nd, 2014  
I figured you would, but I wanted to make sure. I guess I should have known.
September 2nd, 2014  
@eyeamlisa Sarcasm, along with wine and chocolate, is one of my greatest pleasures so it was very much appreciated ;)
September 2nd, 2014  
I have to fav this, fabulous layering of the cloud formations and fiery colour in the sky :-))
September 2nd, 2014  
So glad there was no argument with Mrs. S over the computer. You're right. It would be most unbecoming. Thanks for bothering to post this monstrosity. I'll suffer gladly. I've had plenty of wine and chocolate and, so, my sarcasm is showing!
September 2nd, 2014  
@hermann Thank you very much, and for the fav. Not that I had anything to do with the colours, but I'll take it!!!
@voiceprintz You're most welcome - I'll be having all three tonight as well!
September 2nd, 2014  
Delightful colours!
September 2nd, 2014  
wonderful colours and sky - like the portrait orientation
September 2nd, 2014  
Sue
Fabulous colours.
September 2nd, 2014  
what a beautiful sky. well caught
September 2nd, 2014  
wow the colours!
September 2nd, 2014  
Gorgeous!
September 2nd, 2014  
a fight unbecoming? oh pleeaaase - you just knew you'd lose hahaha - I was impressed with Kim getting there at all ;-)
pretty colours but I am going back to yesterday as year 6 were exhausting - swearing and storming out from our resident drama queen ( male ) right on bell time - hahahaha - oh the joy :)
September 2nd, 2014  
@vignouse we did landscapes in portrait view for art at school today - must photograph some when I am in again next week
September 2nd, 2014  
Frightningly hot.....Hell fire & damnation so not too out of your comfort zone I think! Incredible sky....summer is coming!
September 2nd, 2014  
Monstrosity indeed. Can't believe you posted it. Shocked. Shocked to the core.
September 2nd, 2014  
@dibzgreasley I'll pass that on to Mother Nature ;)
@shannejw Thanks very much - couldn't quite believe the colours when we saw it
@sioux Thanks very much
@jaynspain Thanks very much - never seen it like that before!
@andrewkru Thanks - it's was reasonably spectacular!
@susale Thanks very much :)
@annied She's got some fairly hefty ninja moves...I was impressed as well but she's been horrifically busy at work lately. As for the drama queen, gotta love 'em when they have a hissy fit!
@happypat Thanks very much - felt quite comfortable with this one because of the hellfire feel of it. As for summer...I look terrible in shorts...
@newbank As you should be young lady. I'm so sorry to inflict it on you :(
September 2nd, 2014  
@graemestevens oh I actually do love when they bung it on - when I roar with laughter they are so indignant as I should have been impressed - really - I will show them a hissy fit lol
September 2nd, 2014  
@annied I have a tendency to laugh at them as well. Works a treat. As for a hiss fit from you...terrifying I'm sure...
September 2nd, 2014  
@graemestevens oh you have no idea hahahaha -
September 2nd, 2014  
Apology accepted.
September 2nd, 2014  
@annied I can picture you lying in the aisle of the supermarket kicking your heels and screaming...
September 2nd, 2014  
@newbank Phew, that's a relief!
September 2nd, 2014  
@graemestevens hahaha I did do that once as an adult when my daughter was around two and decided to have a tantrum hahaha - it was worth it just to see the faces
September 2nd, 2014  
@annied Why am I not surprised? Mind you, I once ran through the courtyard of Dover Castle like a monkey with the express intention of embarrassing my daughter...
September 2nd, 2014  
@graemestevens hahahaha oh I love the embarrass the daughter antics - my youngest doean't give a shit - never has - but the eldest - just singing in the car at lights has her sinking in the seat hahahahahahaha
September 2nd, 2014  
@annied They're such easy targets...
September 2nd, 2014  
@graemestevens so easy mwahahahaha
September 2nd, 2014  
@annied I am not! I happen to be wholesome and pure thank you very much.
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
Fail? Mmm, I think you need to lower your expectations of yourself!
September 2nd, 2014  
Just GROSS.... :-)
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower You're probably right. Everyone else has low expectations of me so I should probably join them way down there ;)
@longexposure I know. It's awful. :))
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens Mmm, I have very high expectations of you! I get so mad at you when you post pretty photos like these ones. I want you to be gruesome every day ;)
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower You may rest assured that I am gruesome every day, it's just that not everything makes it on to the camera!
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens You disappoint me. Again. I must remember "low expectations"
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower Yes you must. Then again, if I ever get around to upgrading to "ace" membership I can be gruesome 3 times a day!
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens I upgraded but I have a policy of only 1 photo per day. Not sure why I upgraded!
September 2nd, 2014  
WHAT have you set on fire now?
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower Hmmm...I quite like one a day. As difficult as may seem to believe, I have other things to do as well! As much as I like being here I also don't know that I can be creative 3 times in a day!
September 2nd, 2014  
@pinkpaintpot From our house, in the direction I took this shot...ummmm...the rest of the town...oops....
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens Something else we have in common. I remember that I used to have a life before I started 365! Now it's all banter with people who I don't actually know ;)
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower I know what you're saying. I like it though...a little escapism is never a bad thing.
September 2nd, 2014  
@graemestevens oops! an accident surely not. nice shots though yours and Kims
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens I think I'm on this site for about 6 hours per day! That's not escapism - that's addiction.
September 2nd, 2014  
@pinkpaintpot Thanks very much :)
@gigiflower Ssssshhhhh...they'll send us to a clinic!
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens I have 4 months to go before I decide whether to continue for Year 2!
September 2nd, 2014  
I wish I could have seen this monstrosity in person. A really beautiful sunset. Wonderful colours.
September 2nd, 2014  
sorry ....but i like sunsets too...tend to take lots of the same and cringe at posting...then get tense before reading next days remarks....dont ya just love it...
September 2nd, 2014  
This is just amazing, that sky is what would actually call perfect and I adore those silhouettes at the bottom!
September 2nd, 2014  
Glorious sunset! Looking forward to your SIN captures!
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower no don't worry me that you're going to leave....no. promise no more weeds just pretty flowers
September 2nd, 2014  
Love the colours
September 2nd, 2014  
Very nice colours, it's like you set the whole sky alight!
September 2nd, 2014  
This is beautiful! I know you'll get that Sin a City shot !
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower @newbank You MUST stay!!!
@lwain Thanks very much...it's just awful ;)
@tellefella I know the feeling :)
@lilminimonka Thanks very much - we couldn't believe it when we looked out the window and saw it...dive rolls for the cameras and somersaults over the fence to get the shots
@lynnilou Thanks very much - if I can get it right you'll see it!
@ounooi Thanks very much
@wearing0 Thanks - we live quite high so we tend have "big sky" in most directions...and we like to look down on the hoi polloi of course...
@mzzhope Thanks - I'll keep trying....sigh
September 2nd, 2014  
I have no plans on leaving. Just concerned @ gigiflower might.....
September 2nd, 2014  
That sky has done ten rounds with someone, look at the bruising, fabulous
September 2nd, 2014  
What you been up to Graeme, look at that poor sky
September 2nd, 2014  
@newbank @gigflower She better not. I'll have to hunt her down.
@claireuk Thanks very much - it was reasonably spectacular
@ceilidh Oh just the usual day... ;)
September 2nd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens @newbank Mmmm it's certainly a conversation I'm having with myself (and my husband). 365 does take up ALOT of my time and we are coming into Spring/Summer and I like to spend more and more time outside! Which means that something will be neglected! *sigh*, with 4 months to go I know I will change my decision daily.......but of course I look forward to another 4 months of sparring and bantering with you both ;)
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower You'd better look forward to it!
September 2nd, 2014  
I like the sky and I like the silhouettes of the trees. So that's that.
September 2nd, 2014  
Beautiful!
September 2nd, 2014  
@gigiflower @graemestevens @newbank We'll all have to hunt her down if Sam leaves.
September 2nd, 2014  
@overalvandaan Thanks very much :)
@bill_fe Thanks very much...as for the hunting of @gigiflower, I have a Nerf Gun...
September 3rd, 2014  
Beautiful colors and layers!!
September 3rd, 2014  
@harbie Thanks very much ;)
September 3rd, 2014  
Sam
@bill_fe @graemestevens @newbank - yeeeeepppp so scared of a nerf gun ;)
September 3rd, 2014  
@gigiflower @newbank @bill_fe I am a marksman (or is it marks person these days?) beyond compare. You'd be surprised where I can get my foam bullets...
September 3rd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens @bill_fe @newbank - yep, I'm waiting. So scared.
September 3rd, 2014  
@gigiflower @newbank @bill_fe When the first one hits you'll never be the same again ;)
September 3rd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens @bill_fe @newbank Still waiting. Still scared.
September 3rd, 2014  
@gigiflower @newbank @bill_fe They won't let me into Australia :( Apparently I'm known sheep "rustler" and can't be trusted...
September 3rd, 2014  
Sam
@graemestevens @bill_fe @newbank You must be the only Kiwi that we don't let in!
September 3rd, 2014  
@gigiflower @bill_fe @newbank We have the same problem here when they want to come back
September 3rd, 2014  
What a sky!!! i might be going on a helicopter ride tomorrow with a pilot from New Zealand, on Kiwi Air.
September 3rd, 2014  
@trinda Oooh, slightly jealous!
September 3rd, 2014  
Gorgeous image
September 3rd, 2014  
@tracelee Thanks very much
September 3rd, 2014  
Awesome sky.
September 3rd, 2014  
@andy3168 Thanks very much
September 3rd, 2014  
Happy Birthday today, yes? This is SOME sky. Love all the space you left in the photo to look at that big amazing sky.
September 3rd, 2014  
@amandal Thanks very much - it is today and so far I've broken my set of draws in the bedroom and we've had a plumbing disaster. It's going well! :(
September 3rd, 2014  
@graemestevens Well crap, it can only get better, yes? Here's to a blessed new year! Cheers!
September 3rd, 2014  
@amandal Thanks - there's wine later so yes, it can only possibly get better from here!
September 3rd, 2014  
Stunning sky
September 3rd, 2014  
@neatz Thanks very much
September 3rd, 2014  
That is one incredible sunset.
September 4th, 2014  
@jess1204 It certainly was...thanks :)
September 4th, 2014  
Beautiful shot :-)
September 6th, 2014  
@shawnasays Thank you very much :)
September 6th, 2014  
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