The dark of the evening by maggiemae

The dark of the evening

We stopped at a motel set in farmland and facing the mountain ranges. Fabulous scenes but it was raining as well as getting dark when I took this photo from the motel deck! I just noticed the layers and hoped to have enough light to see them. The distant mountains,were hardly visible. This place is really in the wop wops with no cell coverage and no internet of course! But all the comforts!

Three good things:
1. I watched two bulls having a play fight in the field in front. The roars sounded like huge lions!
2. The only dangerous animal around was me enjoying the scene with a glass of whisky!
3. It was totally quiet until two sheilas (that's what john calls them) arrived giggling! In the middle of nowhere!
It looks like a painting! Love the layers!
October 19th, 2013  
@nanalisarocks thanks, Lisa - I wondered if it was too dark!
October 19th, 2013  
@maggiemae I think it adds to the mood!
October 19th, 2013  
Wow, Maggiemae, this really looks like a painting. Great layers of depth.
October 19th, 2013  
This is rather lovely Maggiemae The layers as you call them are very artistic looking and as @nanalisarocks Lisa says it looks like a painting !
October 19th, 2013  
LOVE how you captured and processed this. Fav!
October 19th, 2013  
Such great layers, Maggiemae. It really does look like a painting.
October 19th, 2013  
Meg
Looks like an antique valuable painting....fav
October 19th, 2013  
You made me laugh with your wop wops, I love the differences between Aus and NZ - it's woop woop in Aussie, beautiful photo, I think NZ is one of the most beautiful countries in the world
October 19th, 2013  
Even with the rain, I really like the view out across the countryside
October 19th, 2013  
Interesting photograph! With the fog and clouds it almost looks like smoke rising! I'll add my painting vote as well.
October 19th, 2013  
Wonderful view and capture Maggie.
October 19th, 2013  
This is gorgeous so much atmosphere! A beautiful shot! Love your wop wops! Made me laugh!
October 19th, 2013  
@skipt07 the smoke was clouds over the high mountains but my meagre camera couldn't make the long exposure I wanted! Liked your comment!
October 19th, 2013  
That's one beautiful shot fav
October 19th, 2013  
You have captured the old world feeling of a painting in this amazing shot! Good for you to risk the light and rain for it! It turned out magnificently!
October 19th, 2013  
I agree with the masses....just like a beautiful oil painting.
October 19th, 2013  
A beautiful shot Maggie!!
October 19th, 2013  
Great layered effect!
October 19th, 2013  
I love this. It's like a water colour painting xx
October 19th, 2013  
Lovely shot , and I like the brightness of the grass, it really contrasts well with the evening rain
October 19th, 2013  
Beautiful shot. Reminds me of a watercolor paiting. A fav
October 20th, 2013  
This shot has the feel of a classic painting. Love the soft somber tones. Sounds like a lovely place!
October 20th, 2013  
Jo
It looks very foreboding.
October 20th, 2013  
Love your painting! Nigel was once camping high in the mountains in the Lake District when a woman in high heels and a fur coat walked up the path past the tent and over the brow of the hill - it still spooks him out!
October 20th, 2013  
I like the mood and the way the layers get fainter and fainter. Like the soft dark feeling.
October 21st, 2013  
Lovely layers. It makes me think of one of those evenings when you're pleasantly tired and really enjoy the whole process of going to sleep, if that makes sense!
October 21st, 2013  
very atmospheric maggie...i hate to say this again , because i said it on your graveyard pic...but there is definitely a moody monochrome shot to be had here .
October 21st, 2013  
Beautiful layers, and I like how the clouds and rain come right down into the hills.
October 22nd, 2013  
Bev
Wow. Great shot. Love the layers and the landscape. It's quite lovely and you caught it perfectly.
October 22nd, 2013  
First : that's a fav !
What a splendid shot Maggiemae ! Love the layers, it looks post processed but i think it's all natural isn't it ? Bravo !
October 22nd, 2013  
@dulciknit you are so right, Alison! Particularly if the bed is comfortable!
October 22nd, 2013  
Fabulous capture Maggie.
October 22nd, 2013  
maggiemae, i'm about to get to bed but i am laughing so hard at your 2 and 3 good things. you kill me all the time, i swear!
October 23rd, 2013  
@summerfield I do feel so good when I read your comments, Vikki!
October 23rd, 2013  
Lovely capture. It looks like a painting done by one of the old masters.
October 24th, 2013  
Painting by some famous European painter (Dutch, Belgian...); 1600 or 1700s. Museum-worthy! ;->
October 29th, 2013  
@bonniebouman much easier to photograph than paint though, eh, Bonnie?
October 29th, 2013  
@maggiemae So True, hehe!
October 29th, 2013  
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