17 minutes too late but just on time Photo

Photographer’s Note

As usual did I check "the Quality" of the sunset Saturday 19th of March and was surprised to spot a sunpillar - and decided to quit the Danish version of Jeopardy to get this instead - this sight (called a sunpillar) is made by ice-crystals in the clouds which reflects the sunlight upward.

And the title - There was a hunt to get a photo at 18:02 (local Danish time) on the 19th of March - but I noticed to late and this sight was to be seen at 18:19 pm

alvaraalto, jmdaoudal, singuanti, PixelTerror, ChrisJ, Fixfocus, nwoehnl, bpelvan, jhm, digi-mom has marked this note useful

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alvaraalto (5353) 2005-03-21 18:10

Hi Jeppe,
Jeopardy (one of our favourite programs when we are in Denmark) is every week. A sunpillar not so often I think. I never heard of it and could find it in a Dutch dictionary, so I think it is a phenomenon that doesn’t exist in Holland.
This is a very special sunset. Great you captured it for us.
Groet Rob

devimeuxbe (56598) 2005-03-21 18:11

Hi Jeppe,
J'aime les couleurs de cette image.
J'aime moins la pauvreté de la composition. Il manque un premier plan ou bien un ciel exceptionnel.
Cordialement. Bertrand

Tue (25770) 2005-03-21 18:56

Meget smukt! Farverne er vidunderlige og en meget speciel sol! Fantastisk!
Og ja, jeg har også set Jeopardy nogle gange, så kunne jeg øve mig i at forstå dansk, samtidig med at lære noget! :-)

natg (31) 2005-03-21 19:43

The sky looks like it's made of silk. I find that the colors by themselves make up the composition of this photo, and are complemented just right with the partial tree. Perfect!

jmdaoudal (82) 2005-03-21 20:12

I like this central light up to the trees and also the choice from a great sky.
This is deep colored.
A real pleasure to see it.
Jean Michel

singuanti (15240) 2005-03-21 21:49

You are too honest Jeppe! We never would have known the difference. Your sunset really runs the color gamut in impressive fashion. Is that lens flare in the shot or do you guys have two suns over there in Denmark? :) Personally I love the effect of multiple light burst in the sky. Nice job!

kaud (1840) 2005-03-22 1:16

Time is spared.
The colors are just fantastic and the aurora from sun is simply divine.

PixelTerror (88585) 2005-03-22 4:14

Hej Jeppe,
I was not aware of these sunpillars, so thanks for enriching my knowledge, your photo shows well the phenomenon together with a beautiful array of warm colors.
Have a nice day,
Jean-Yves

dkeus31 (26865) 2005-03-22 5:40

Hi Jeppe,
Nice sun pillar, good framing and colors.

Fixfocus (9377) 2005-03-22 14:11

A nice central sunset compo in beautiful colors,Jeppe!
Also a good capture of the sunpillar effect,-never heard of this before,-thanks for showing it!

nwoehnl (120) 2005-03-22 14:19

Well, slightly too late for the 17:02 UTC hunt, but nonetheless a beautiful and atmospheric achievement, Jeppe. Very nice indeed this "halo" effect you managed to capture from the setting sun. Good horizontal layering with a fine transition between the colors.

bpelvan (3786) 2005-03-22 16:09

Hi Jeppe,
This has to be a phenomenon special to your country. At least what I understand from the ciritics here. And it's so beautiful. I'm glad you're a little late otherwise we wouldn't see that perfect moment.
Three layers of the sky with amazing colors looks marvelous over the silhouette of the landscape.
Very very good job and thanks for sharing...

ChrisJ (71614) 2005-03-23 4:52

Hi Jeppe

Better late than never! I like the flare effect of the sun light. Superb color, lighting, sharpness, & graphism. The blue -vs- orange, makes for a good warm / cold opposition. Well done!

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-03-23 23:27

stunning colours and well centred picture here too, really good and it is very clear too, well done

Schultzy (5428) 2005-03-24 12:22

Very nice view of this sunset. I like this last vertical sunray. Well done Jeppe !

jhm (85052) 2005-03-25 8:04

Hi Jeppe,
Maybe 17 minutes to late for the hunt but, your picture is very lovely photo, the sun beam in the heaven together with the dark foreground give a excellent composition.
Happy Easter.
John.

Rockyboy (20582) 2005-03-25 18:24

Oh, too bad you missed the rigth minute for the theme... but nice to see this one anyway... I like very much the differents yellow orange and red colors of the sky. Well seen!

oochappan (22036) 2005-03-26 3:37

Curious white sun beam/pillar in the mids of this excellent natural colored sunset.
Doing some catching up after my return home, Very nicely done here Jeppe.
Henk

Steft (5962) 2005-03-31 7:12

Wow, one of you photos was published now on national televesion!

Very nice photo with great deep colours. I especially like the golden layers right above the sun.

maurajn (902) 2005-05-10 20:12

Wow, that is an amazing pillar! Nive catch! It has tremendous height to it, and the sunset colours are lovely too.

Nols (69) 2005-05-15 1:49