Heat of the Day by maggiemae

Heat of the Day

At this time of night - the light was good enough to get the layers of the mountain scene outside our hotel in Indian Wells - Palm Springs. it was hot - 38 degC but the palm trees and the green lawns around here turned it into a paradise.

Three good things:
1. The hotel was so cheap we wondered what was wrong with it! Then we found it was right out of season - the winter season was more popular
2. Swims and more swims - never have swum so much!
3. The amazing scenes on the way here of thousands of wind generators!
So beautifully captured...I love it
July 18th, 2017  
Very Hotel California. Love the layers and tones
July 18th, 2017  
The layers look flat - like some kind of Japanese art. I love the tones in these layers, the sharp edge and the strong silhouettes of the trees.. Excellent.
July 18th, 2017  
@christophercox Love that song and it does go with the scenes around here!
July 18th, 2017  
@helenhall Taken through a window too, Helen - I was quite surprised it came out so well!
July 18th, 2017  
beautiful shot, love the layers and silhouettes
July 18th, 2017  
Beautiful scene ...It looks rather misty in the background.
July 18th, 2017  
@dsp2 That's heat haze, Paula! It was frightfully hot here - 39deg - over 100 deg F!
July 18th, 2017  
Instant fav -- so very beautiful Maggie , I love the silhouettes and layers of the mountains -- A lovely composition !
July 18th, 2017  
Beautiful layers and light, fav
July 18th, 2017  
Bep
Huge fav. Beautiful scene.
July 18th, 2017  
Lovely sunset and layers!
July 18th, 2017  
gorgeous layers and light~ fav
July 18th, 2017  
great edit
July 18th, 2017  
Wonderful layers. Love the color too! Fav!
July 18th, 2017  
Wonderful tones and layers...Fav
July 18th, 2017  
Such a perfect capture of the desert heat in a photo. Fabulous color and layers tell this story so well and the silhouetted trees complete it! FAV but already on the PP once again
July 18th, 2017  
Wow a beautiful scene a fave it is stunning
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July 18th, 2017  
Lovely silhouettes against the layers :)
July 18th, 2017  
stunning fav
July 18th, 2017  
Such a lovely composition, well done!! Should be very hot there, most people go there in the winter as you said.
July 18th, 2017  
Awesome capture...love the background layers, light
July 18th, 2017  
@paulaw that's what really caught my eye too, Paula!
July 18th, 2017  
Like the different layers of this
July 18th, 2017  
a really strong and artistic shot maggie
July 18th, 2017  
Beautiful with those mystical mountains in the background.
July 19th, 2017  
This looks typical and a great shot of it. But Palm (We live about two hours of so from there.... towards the coast.... cooler here.)
July 19th, 2017  
@aglennc Its now 106 deg F here, Anita! Staying inside!
July 19th, 2017  
Absolutely stunning. What a fabulous shot, love everything about it and the heat haze is a bonus. fav.
July 19th, 2017  
Beautiful layers, color . one can see the heat wave. we have around 90 degree F. can't imagine 10 more..turn the air on for the first time. fav. picture.
July 19th, 2017  
@maggiemae It's cooled down a bit -- I have cousins who live out there and several Canadian cousins who have vacation homes in Palm Springs too. (They don't come down n the heat of the summer). But those that live there, we tell them, "We'll see you when the weather cools"
July 19th, 2017  
lovely golden tones you've captured here, maggiemae. the various layers in the background are fabulous! aces!
July 19th, 2017  
@summerfield Its interesting, Vikki that the distant hills are not blue. Must be the heat haze!
July 19th, 2017  
@aglennc Well its OK if you like saunas, Anita! Otherwise there is plenty of interest inside this hotel savouring the old music of the 1960s!
July 19th, 2017  
@bruni Just like a sauna, Bruni - I said to John, if you could keep your head cool ( different from a cool head), it would be quite pleasant!
July 19th, 2017  
Very pretty in these golden tones
July 19th, 2017  
@digitalrn Thanks Rick - the gold of the sunset is not here - its too early but still nice to catch
July 19th, 2017  
Gorgeous colour and layers - love the palm silhouettes too.
July 19th, 2017  
@dkbarnett Well to be honest, Delwyn I see palm silhouettes everywhere. It is called Palm Springs for a reason. Just getting the right time of day.
July 19th, 2017  
Beautiful capture. Looks so surreal.
July 19th, 2017  
Such a gorgeous capture! I love the light and layers.
July 19th, 2017  
Awesome shot
July 19th, 2017  
The layers are awesome! A fav.
July 19th, 2017  
Fab silhouettes and those layers are wonderful:)
July 19th, 2017  
Love this picture
July 20th, 2017  
So glad this one went to the TT Very deserving image! Congratulations
July 21st, 2017  
@grammyn It did???
July 21st, 2017  
@maggiemae Absolutely!
July 22nd, 2017  
Congratulations on this making the Top Twenty! It is so lovely!
July 22nd, 2017  
Brilliant scene -- congrats on TT!
July 22nd, 2017  
Congratulations on this making to the Top Twenty for the week!
July 22nd, 2017  
Congrats on the TT. Looks fab on black xx
July 23rd, 2017  
Bev
Very beautiful shot
July 26th, 2017  
Incredible shot!!!
July 31st, 2017  
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