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SecretMethod70 · 09-05-2003, 12:40 AM

wow - where the heck have I been that I missed this thread?! Some INCREDIBLE shots you've got! You should try to sell some to travel agencies to use in tourism brochures for Florida

tropicdiver · 09-05-2003, 02:29 AM

Thanks for everyone's kind comments and the photos that they have shared, also. Someone sip a beer for me, as I'm driving into the jaws of minimal Tropical Storm Henri this morning on my way to a convention in Tampa. Looking at the radar, it is raining more, here, than it is up there. Here's another sunrise photo. Doesn't look like I will see any for the next day or two. ;-)

tropicdiver · 09-11-2003, 06:56 PM

Here's a sunrise from Bokeelia on north end of Pine Island. Great place to view the sunrise, but make damned sure you bring mosquito repellant. ;-)

paddyjoe · 09-12-2003, 03:35 AM

Hey TD. Went out to Bokeelia last time I was down for dinner at that little place right across from that pier. Got a couple sunset shots. Colors were just ok. Man, you've been hitting them at the perfect time, your photos are spectacular.

sapiens · 09-12-2003, 10:04 AM

Amazing photos, tropicdiver. Thanks for sharing! As SecretMethod70 suggested, I bet you could sell some of these photos if you wanted to.

Cynthetiq · 09-12-2003, 02:15 PM

those are incredible

thanks!

tropicdiver · 09-12-2003, 05:32 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by paddyjoe
[B]Hey TD. Went out to Bokeelia last time I was down for dinner at that little place right across from that pier. Got a couple sunset shots. Colors were just ok. Man, you've been hitting them at the perfect time, your photos are spectacular.

PJ, I recognize that palm tree in the right background. Hey, I live here. I get plenty of opportunities for the beautiful skies. You should see the ones that got away... ;-)

Thanks, everyone.

Gollum · 09-14-2003, 03:19 PM

When you focus on something, everything 1/3 in fron to 2/3 behind is in focus. So instead of focusing on infinity and wasting the 2/3 that is behind infinity (impossible) just focus on something 1/3 out to infinity. Then you can maximize your depth of field.

tropicdiver · 09-15-2003, 02:24 PM

Went to Ft. Myers beach two days, ago. Sun was setting over Sanibel Island.

nein991 · 09-15-2003, 05:14 PM

Great sunrise and sunset pictures. Makes me wish I were there.

stickyrice · 09-16-2003, 08:51 PM

Birch Bay State Park in Washington

(sorry look below)

stickyrice · 09-16-2003, 08:51 PM

Birch Bay State Park in Washington

spacecowboy · 09-25-2003, 07:56 AM

I have lots of them but no place to put them on the net anymore, if you know of a free place to host pic's please let me know and I will be happy to post a lot of them

canucker · 09-25-2003, 10:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by spacecowboy
I have lots of them but no place to put them on the net anymore, if you know of a free place to host pic's please let me know and I will be happy to post a lot of them

http://www.photobucket.com/

spacecowboy · 09-26-2003, 12:23 AM

thanks

tropicdiver · 10-05-2003, 05:18 AM

<B>Here's this Sunday morning's sunrise about a 5 minute drive from my house.</B>

tropicdiver · 10-05-2003, 05:19 AM

Here's a few more from this morning.

tropicdiver · 10-05-2003, 05:21 AM

I never lose fascination in how the clouds can change so many different colors over a 20 minute period.

ForgottenKnight · 10-05-2003, 10:21 AM

Stunning! I'm amazed at how beautiful these pictures are! I love the ones where they sky is on fire. This makes me want to get up and enjoy the sunrises much more often.

numist_net · 10-05-2003, 08:16 PM

being in california, I get great sunset,

and theres bioluminescent algae in the water so when waves crash they light up!

tropicdiver · 10-11-2003, 06:18 AM

Man, did we have a great sunrise this morning! This is looking from Cape Coral across the Caloosahatchee River to Fort Myers.

tropicdiver · 10-11-2003, 06:20 AM

I keep thinking I've seen about every variation of a sunrise over the water, down here, but this morning was another keeper.

tropicdiver · 10-11-2003, 06:22 AM

Even the Australian Pines wanted to get into the sunrise.

tropicdiver · 10-11-2003, 06:27 AM

This one made me think of Purple Haze and excuse me, while I kiss the sky...

tropicdiver · 10-11-2003, 06:37 AM

I had to reduce the size of this one to put up on this page, but hopefully, you'll get the idea of the colors...

tropicdiver · 10-11-2003, 06:53 AM

Okay, I figure, by now, you get an idea of the kind of sunrises we get around my neck of the world.

jvwgtr · 10-23-2003, 03:52 AM

Wow, these pictures are stunning!
I really need to get off my butt and head down to the beach to catch some East Florida coast pictures.
Thanks for the inspiration!

Averett · 10-23-2003, 05:35 AM

Those are some really amazing pictures.

I've been to Sanibel a few times and it really is beautiful.

jwoody · 10-23-2003, 07:29 AM

Some info to impress your friends with next time the Sun rises or sets:

Although you've surely seen it, you might not have noticed it. During a cloudless twilight, just before sunrise or after sunset, part of the atmosphere above the horizon appears slightly off-color, slightly pink. Called the Belt of Venus, this off-color band between the dark eclipsed sky and the blue sky can be seen in nearly every direction including that opposite the Sun. Straight above, blue sky is normal sunlight reflecting off the atmosphere. In the Belt of Venus, however, the atmosphere reflects light from the setting (or rising) Sun which appears more red. The Belt of Venus can be seen from any location with a clear horizon.

Taken from: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031021.html

petergriffin24 · 10-23-2003, 08:53 AM

wow tropicdiver those are absolutely stunnning

tropicdiver · 10-24-2003, 06:46 PM

I had to drive to central Florida (Sebring) this morning for business. Happened to catch sunrise at the lake, there. There wasn't a ripple on the lake. Flat as glass.

tropicdiver · 10-24-2003, 06:48 PM

Here's another example of how calm the lake water was this morning.

turbodriven · 10-28-2003, 08:30 PM

Here is a different angle for you. Taken aboard the USS Enterprise back in my navy days.

tropicdiver · 10-29-2003, 01:30 AM

Enjoy a good aircraft carrier shot of anything. Great photo.

acidream · 10-29-2003, 07:30 PM

Unfortunately I was in the middle of LA, so I couldn't escape the power lines, but the colors are still gorgeous.

31Friction · 10-29-2003, 08:38 PM

@ tropic >> your photos are amazing, do you sell prints at all?

apeman · 10-30-2003, 02:08 AM

yeah, the lake at Sebring photos are my favourites so far! I would definitely have either as posters on my wall.

the USS Enterprise is very cool too, as is the LA sky with power lines .. I think having something in foreground helps set off the background. Especially if it's in near-silhouette.

tropicdiver · 10-30-2003, 02:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 31Friction
@ tropic >> your photos are amazing, do you sell prints at all?

Lots of folks told me I should. Had one published (for free) in a pro tennis magazine (I was flattered and gave them the okay to use the photo) and I was contacted out of the clear blue, once, by a web designer that liked one of my photos and she offered (and I accepted) me $250.00 for one of my photos to grace as the background the main page of a business web site.

Believe me, if I knew what to do, and really thought my photos were THAT great (which they aren't, but thanks, anyway

), I'd love to try. Anything to get me out of the business I am in, now.

tropicdiver · 10-30-2003, 02:17 AM

Here's a quick shot that I took last nite on my way home from working late. I had to stop by a customers and it was about 20 minutes before sunset and I was less than a mile from our local pier and as always, I had my camera with me, so....

tropicdiver · 10-30-2003, 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by acidream
Unfortunately I was in the middle of LA, so I couldn't escape the power lines, but the colors are still gorgeous.

I always try to keep telephone / power lines out of my photos, but I found your photo to be rather interesting with the matrix of lines in it. Knowing where you were, makes it interesting. Thanks for sharing.

09-05-2003, 12:40 AM	#41 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	wow - where the heck have I been that I missed this thread?! Some INCREDIBLE shots you've got! You should try to sell some to travel agencies to use in tourism brochures for Florida __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

09-05-2003, 02:29 AM	#42 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Thanks for everyone's kind comments and the photos that they have shared, also. Someone sip a beer for me, as I'm driving into the jaws of minimal Tropical Storm Henri this morning on my way to a convention in Tampa. Looking at the radar, it is raining more, here, than it is up there. Here's another sunrise photo. Doesn't look like I will see any for the next day or two. ;-) __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

09-11-2003, 06:56 PM	#43 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Here's a sunrise from Bokeelia on north end of Pine Island. Great place to view the sunrise, but make damned sure you bring mosquito repellant. ;-) __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

09-12-2003, 02:15 PM	#46 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	those are incredible thanks! __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

09-15-2003, 02:24 PM	#49 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Went to Ft. Myers beach two days, ago. Sun was setting over Sanibel Island. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

09-12-2003, 03:35 AM	#44 (permalink)
paddyjoe through charlatans phone Location: Northcoast	Hey TD. Went out to Bokeelia last time I was down for dinner at that little place right across from that pier. Got a couple sunset shots. Colors were just ok. Man, you've been hitting them at the perfect time, your photos are spectacular.

09-12-2003, 10:04 AM	#45 (permalink)
sapiens Junkie Location: Some place windy	Amazing photos, tropicdiver. Thanks for sharing! As SecretMethod70 suggested, I bet you could sell some of these photos if you wanted to.

09-14-2003, 03:19 PM	#48 (permalink)
Gollum Upright Location: Arizona	When you focus on something, everything 1/3 in fron to 2/3 behind is in focus. So instead of focusing on infinity and wasting the 2/3 that is behind infinity (impossible) just focus on something 1/3 out to infinity. Then you can maximize your depth of field.

09-15-2003, 05:14 PM	#50 (permalink)
nein991 Junkie	Great sunrise and sunset pictures. Makes me wish I were there.

09-16-2003, 08:51 PM	#51 (permalink)
stickyrice Crazy	Birch Bay State Park in Washington (sorry look below) __________________ Can't think of anything to say.... Last edited by stickyrice; 09-25-2003 at 10:38 PM..

09-16-2003, 08:51 PM	#52 (permalink)
stickyrice Crazy	Birch Bay State Park in Washington __________________ Can't think of anything to say....

09-25-2003, 07:56 AM	#53 (permalink)
spacecowboy Spacecadet Location: out thair	I have lots of them but no place to put them on the net anymore, if you know of a free place to host pic's please let me know and I will be happy to post a lot of them __________________ ILLEYITIMUS NON GARBURUNDOM

09-26-2003, 12:23 AM	#55 (permalink)
spacecowboy Spacecadet Location: out thair	thanks __________________ ILLEYITIMUS NON GARBURUNDOM

10-05-2003, 05:18 AM	#56 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	<B>Here's this Sunday morning's sunrise about a 5 minute drive from my house.</B> __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-05-2003, 05:19 AM	#57 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Here's a few more from this morning. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-05-2003, 05:21 AM	#58 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	I never lose fascination in how the clouds can change so many different colors over a 20 minute period. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-05-2003, 10:21 AM	#59 (permalink)
ForgottenKnight Jesus Freak Location: Following the light...	Stunning! I'm amazed at how beautiful these pictures are! I love the ones where they sky is on fire. This makes me want to get up and enjoy the sunrises much more often. __________________ "People say I'm strange, does that make me a stranger?"

10-05-2003, 08:16 PM	#60 (permalink)
numist_net Banned Location: UCSD	being in california, I get great sunset, and theres bioluminescent algae in the water so when waves crash they light up!

10-11-2003, 06:18 AM	#61 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Man, did we have a great sunrise this morning! This is looking from Cape Coral across the Caloosahatchee River to Fort Myers. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-11-2003, 06:20 AM	#62 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	I keep thinking I've seen about every variation of a sunrise over the water, down here, but this morning was another keeper. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-11-2003, 06:22 AM	#63 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Even the Australian Pines wanted to get into the sunrise. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-11-2003, 06:27 AM	#64 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	This one made me think of Purple Haze and excuse me, while I kiss the sky... __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-11-2003, 06:37 AM	#65 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	I had to reduce the size of this one to put up on this page, but hopefully, you'll get the idea of the colors... __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-11-2003, 06:53 AM	#66 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Okay, I figure, by now, you get an idea of the kind of sunrises we get around my neck of the world. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-23-2003, 03:52 AM	#67 (permalink)
jvwgtr Completely bananas Location: Florida	Wow, these pictures are stunning! I really need to get off my butt and head down to the beach to catch some East Florida coast pictures. Thanks for the inspiration!

10-23-2003, 05:35 AM	#68 (permalink)
Averett Is In Love Location: I'm workin' on it	Those are some really amazing pictures. I've been to Sanibel a few times and it really is beautiful. __________________ Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

10-23-2003, 07:29 AM	#69 (permalink)
jwoody Shackle Me Not Location: Newcastle - England.	Some info to impress your friends with next time the Sun rises or sets: Although you've surely seen it, you might not have noticed it. During a cloudless twilight, just before sunrise or after sunset, part of the atmosphere above the horizon appears slightly off-color, slightly pink. Called the Belt of Venus, this off-color band between the dark eclipsed sky and the blue sky can be seen in nearly every direction including that opposite the Sun. Straight above, blue sky is normal sunlight reflecting off the atmosphere. In the Belt of Venus, however, the atmosphere reflects light from the setting (or rising) Sun which appears more red. The Belt of Venus can be seen from any location with a clear horizon. Taken from: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031021.html __________________ .

10-23-2003, 08:53 AM	#70 (permalink)
petergriffin24 Insane	wow tropicdiver those are absolutely stunnning

10-24-2003, 06:46 PM	#71 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	I had to drive to central Florida (Sebring) this morning for business. Happened to catch sunrise at the lake, there. There wasn't a ripple on the lake. Flat as glass. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-24-2003, 06:48 PM	#72 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Here's another example of how calm the lake water was this morning. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-28-2003, 08:30 PM	#73 (permalink)
turbodriven Tilted Location: Orlando, FL	Here is a different angle for you. Taken aboard the USS Enterprise back in my navy days.

10-29-2003, 01:30 AM	#74 (permalink)
tropicdiver Amazed Location: Austin, Texas	Enjoy a good aircraft carrier shot of anything. Great photo. __________________ Bob Life is short. Break some rules.

10-29-2003, 07:30 PM	#75 (permalink)
acidream Upright	Los Angeles Sunrise Unfortunately I was in the middle of LA, so I couldn't escape the power lines, but the colors are still gorgeous.

10-29-2003, 08:38 PM	#76 (permalink)
31Friction Addict Location: STL, MO	@ tropic >> your photos are amazing, do you sell prints at all? __________________ "Saints need sinners." Alan Watts

10-30-2003, 02:08 AM	#77 (permalink)
apeman Wah Location: NZ	yeah, the lake at Sebring photos are my favourites so far! I would definitely have either as posters on my wall. the USS Enterprise is very cool too, as is the LA sky with power lines .. I think having something in foreground helps set off the background. Especially if it's in near-silhouette. __________________ pain is inevitable but misery is optional - stick a geranium in your hat and be happy