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29th July 2012
An Olympic Sunset by mrssmith

An Olympic Sunset

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I’m thousands of miles away from London, yet the Olympics visited me in my living room today. I’m not usually into sports, but I’ve always enjoyed watching the Olympics on TV. I remember watching the games on TV with my parents when I was young. I watched cycling, diving, swimming, and gymnastics. I couldn’t go to bed until the end of the gymnastics round…so I ran out and captured this one picture for today during one of the late commercial breaks. The lights on the houses were on across the way. The colors in the sky were vibrant like the costumes and uniforms of all the many different teams participating in the Olympic Games.

Good luck to all the athletes!
Comments
Lovely... am also stuck to the TV with the Olympics... still watching it now in fact (beach volleyball :-)..)...

No ad breaks for us tho as on BBC thankfully... Plus on the red button (not sure if you have a similar thing over there) but means we have 16 channels covering all sports so sort of spoilt for choice...
posted July 30th, 2012  
ahh! love the connection between the sky colors and uniforms - beautiful sunset
posted July 30th, 2012  
i have always enjoyed it too, even watched archery!
posted July 30th, 2012  
Beautiful colors!
posted July 30th, 2012  
Beautiful Colors and interesting shapes in the clouds!
posted July 30th, 2012  
What beautiful colors in your olympic sky.
posted July 31st, 2012  
Love your capture here ... very soft and appealing! Beautiful colors and great light and shadow! I only watched the girl's gymnastics for awhile. Enjoyed it very much!
posted July 31st, 2012  
Beautiful shot!
posted July 31st, 2012  
Awesome capture, the subtle shades in this fading light are very difficult to capture and with an exposure of over 1 second I'm amazed at how sharp everything is.
posted July 31st, 2012  
Very pretty! I'm going to turn them on too when I'm all caught up with my 365 comments!
posted July 31st, 2012  
My wife got made at me yesterday when I announced Phelps had lost. Geez, guess she didn't look the results up on that new fangled Internet thing!
posted July 31st, 2012  
Beautiful! I love how the windows in the bottom pierce thru the darkness! Wonderful composition!
posted July 31st, 2012  
It looks beautiful Carla, and the colors are so rich.
posted July 31st, 2012  
Beautiful shot
posted July 31st, 2012  
love this shot, great capture of the bursting colors
posted July 31st, 2012  
So very beautiful. Amazing colours.
posted July 31st, 2012  
A gorgeous rainbow of colors. Very nice.
posted July 31st, 2012  
Instant fav. You captured a beautiful Olympic sky and the layers of colors are incredible. I always enjoy your narratives.
posted July 31st, 2012  
Beautiful colors! I love how you include "stories" with your pics too!
posted August 1st, 2012  
Many past years I've watched the Olympics, but I've been to busy this summer! I haven't had the tv on since we arrived...and in what little free time I have, I'd rather see what my friends are up to! Love your late evening sunset!
posted August 1st, 2012  
beautiful sky Carla!
I can't get enough of the Olympics!
posted August 1st, 2012  
This is glorious. I have not watched any Olympics but thanks for sharing the beauty
posted August 1st, 2012  
Hey Carla! Left you a "gift" ... your sunset shot is lovely!
posted August 1st, 2012  
Fabulous blues drifting into tangerine dreams
posted August 1st, 2012  
Great sky, thanks for running outside and sharing this with us.
posted August 1st, 2012  
Wonderful colours. Great capture that you got during your Olympic sprint!
posted August 2nd, 2012  
Beautiful shot, colours. Gladyou enjoying the olympi.. Funny I am enjoying it too, and it's not my thing!
posted August 4th, 2012  
how beautiful!!
posted August 6th, 2012  
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