Ruddington's golden hour

I've done it at last! I went to Rushcliffe Country Park - which neighbours the building I work from - after seeing the birth of what I thought would be a glorious golden hour. I wasn't wrong; after watching many gorgeous sunsets out of the window at work for almost four years, I've finally captured one.

In Wednesday's post I mentioned that I watched a wonderful sunset through the windscreen of my car; as I thought, today's similar weather conditions provided a vista akin to yesterday's. I took almost a hundred photos, and you can see the colours get more intense as the time passes. Check out my Flickr page to see a few other photos I took, and you'll notice how the colours change as the sun sets ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/vikdaddy/sets/72157625863065252/).

I wanted to capture a sunset from this country park before I left. I start my new job in just over three weeks, so I'm glad I've ticked this off my list. I have one other place I want to go to before I leave that's a few miles away - I'll reveal it when I shoot it!

Canon 7D, f/8, 1/80, ISO-100

[Emma Jaeger]

These must be the prettiest colors in the world...

[Chris Adair]

Beautiful colors

[FunnyFace]

Deffo well worth going finally!! lol. Wonderful pic here, beautiful :-)

[StephD]

Stunning colors, love that they are darker than we usually see. Also like the ripple in the water from the wadding duck.

[Rebbecca Castillo]

Oh my this is stunningly beautiful Vik!! What an array of gorgeous colors and wonderful composition :D Well done!!

[Richard Tyson]

Fantastic, well done Vik. We had a great sunset in Leeds too...

[Kathleen Setier]

The series of shots is amazing. It reminds me of going to the Van Gogh Museum and seeing his series of the same paintings featuring different colors.

[Suelbiz]

This photo took my breath away! Stunning!

[andy c]

Fantastic colours here Vik. Hope the new job has some scenic views nearby....

[Juliette Packham]

awesome colours and lovely scene!

[Rachael]

Have you edited this? it's amazing if you have (and I want to know what you did, lol!), but if this is as it was, it's even more breathtaking. :-)

[Vikdaddy]

@wormentude Hey Rach, I always enhance my photos a little, but not much on my landscapes. I made the colours a little more vibrant and changed the white balance to up the temperature of the shot. Not a great deal done here!

[Lynn M. Watson]

Surreal!

[martyjk]

Wicked colours, beatifully saturated.

[Mel A]

Wow, that is the prettiest photo I've ever seen!

[Eileen]

OMG! Gorgeous!!!

[Tristan Fowler]

love the colours and the reflection in the lake! nice composition

[Sofia]

great shot!

[Graham Harcombe]

A real eye catcher. Superb.

[Denise Escovino]

Gorgeous!

[Danna Bailey Anderson]

nice processing Vikdaddy!

[Christopher Byrd]

beautiful!

[Lydia Sanchez]

Amazing shot. Incredible colors and fantastic composition. Definitely a fav for me! :)

[Coco Moree]

WOW!!

[Rudi Teruel]

Gorgeous, orgeous Shot, vik!!! Amazing Colors....

[Jonine Kennedy]

Beautiful shot =)

[Missdeb]

That is such a beauriful shot, gorgeous!

[Boozy Soozy]

Amazing colours.

[Amanda Smith]

Crazy color - wow!

[Robert Velten]

Intense and fully saturated colors. Surreal. Kudos!

[Jennifer Vargas]

Stunning colors!

[Elise DeCola]

This is just stunning! The colors are breathtaking! Glad you were finally able to capture it!

[Zaimarie]

This is amazing. That ripple on the water makes it absolutely perfect.

[Barbara Lamacki]

Beautiful...simply beautiful. Glad you were able to capture it while you were still working so close.

[stephanie dp]

incredibly brilliant.

[Daethian]

Stunning...wow

[Jennifer B.]

Amazing colors! What a wonderful capture.

[Chad Kreutzer]

Damn...Just...Damn... I faved it.

[Fins & Lens Photography]

Love it!

[Amy Moon]

Wow that is incredible!!!! I love it, definite fav!!!!

[Yoori]

Oh wow Vik. Fantastic!

[Rose]

Your talent always leaves me speechless! Love this everything about it is gorgeous

[Aaron L]

Absolute stunning pic mate, brilliant array of colours. I like the suttle rings in water from what I guess is a duck, nice little touch

[alia_801]

Stunning! Love the colours and the scene. Brilliant work!

[Moira Brown]

Wonderful sunset. I love it! Fav.

[LisLee]

This is soooo beautiful!

[Evelyn Loa]

wow! This picture just take my breath away. Beautiful array of colors. Well done!

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

Brilliant, gorgeous, wonderful colours. :)

[Sonja McClelland]

AMAZING........the Colors are so vibrant!

[Kirsty .P]

Stunning!

[Cynthia C.]

Wow. Amazing colors!

[Ryan Raphael Rivera]

Nice colors! Good job!

[HUNNYBEE]

Ditto! Fantastic colours, great capture. Oh I so miss my Canon EOS.

[Stacy ♥ DOF]

I think the sunset was AMAZING most everywhere yesterday. I was physically frustrated that I couldn't get any photos. The people in traffic with me must have thought I was a crazy person -- out came the camera at every red light! I was even hoping for red lights!!

this is really gorgeous. The color spectrum is amazing, and the reflection makes it doubly good. :)

[Slava]

amazing colors!!!

[Ellen E]

fabulous!

[Maggie]

Gorgeous!

[jess pacheco]

Hey Vikk! i'm back! first of all.. have a great 2011! wish you the best.. and second of all.. again.. a great shot! love love the colors! god job!

[Suzanne Hall]

WOW!!! Stunning and breathtaking and hard to believe it's a real image!

[Tammy Montoya]

WOW! Just spectacular!! How lucky you are to have witnessed this in person. Thank you for sharing it with all of us!

[Mohab Mostafa]

Fantastic colors!

[Jennie Louise]

Super capture!

[elkehochban]

Wow, wow, wow! This is probably the best sunset I've ever seen! Thanks!

[Dragonfly Explorer ( Rhoiz )]

STUNNING! Colors are very IMPRESSIVE! A Fav!

[Cherrill]

Just seen this on the pop page! Quite amazing, such intense colours, your patience paid off waiting for the changes.

[Priya]

amazing

[jehad91]

wow ,
amazing shot !!

[Donna Pike]

These colors are wonderful! This is gorgeous.

[Vikdaddy]

@jesspachec I'm glad you're back! you have a great 2011 too - and post more regularly!

[MikiChelle]

Gorgeous!!

[Robyn]

oh wow that's amazing, just stunning

[Christine Hamrick]

The colors in this are just stunning. Never seen such a sunset - gorgeous!

[Erin]

wow i love it !

[Ninjina (@marinda)]

Really amazing colors! WOW

[Arline Florentino]

Absolutely fabulous!! BRAVO

[Sacha]

AMAZING colours!!!

[Wendy]

Beautiful colors!

[Starfisher]

Awesome a fav

[Big Mac]

been checking out your photos every now and then and yes... i bow down to you.. i have soo much respect with your works...almost all are done flawlessly... A FAVE! ♥

[jess pacheco]

@vikdaddy I know Vikk! I just suck at being regular with my uploads!! and now i have only 5% to go! so yes.. need to get my act together! ;)

[Sherrymerry]

I love this
honestly amazing

[Hazel]

Stunning!

[Cheryl Dolan]

Beautiful. fav

[Andria McMinn]

Amazing, fav!

[Tinsley-Marshall Photography]

these colours are just awsome

[Colleen W]

fav
congrats on TT