Wolga sunset Photo

Photographer’s Note

This sunset over the Wolga river is presented in original colours, no post-processing.
The photo was taken from a cruise boat on a trip from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
Red sunsets are caused by light reflection on dust particles present at high altitude, often caused by volcano eruptions.

On 12 June 2009, two weeks before the photo was taken, the Russian Sarychev Peak volcano on the Kuril islands North-East of Japan erupted, sending a huge dust column into the atmosphere.

In workshop is presented a photo taken by the International space Station of the eruption of Sarychev Peak.

kloppenborg, besnard, cunejo200, bukitgolfb301, AiresSantos, Budapestman, jhm, claudio74, bakes888, parbo has marked this note useful

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kloppenborg (819) 2009-08-28 9:05

What a sunset!! One really senses the immensity of nature in this pic. Very nice job.

Regards,
Henrik.

COSTANTINO (22551) 2009-08-28 9:29

Hello
This is one of the most wonderful sunset I have ever seen.I do not know because it is Wolga sunset but is is amazing.g r e e t i n g s
The atmosphere shows mysterious
regards
Costantino

besnard (30526) 2009-08-28 9:43

Bonjour Paul
Un joli cliché avec de merveilleuses couleurs. Le ciel est assez extraordinaires et l'oiseau plane de belle manière sur cette immensité orange.
Merci pour le partage et bonne soirée.
Nicole

yquem46 (7836) 2009-08-28 9:45

Bonsoir paul
te voici de retour sur TE
tu n'as pas perdu ton temps pendant cette croisière, ne serait-ce que pour observer de tels sunsets!
Bien amicalement
patrick

cunejo200 (7157) 2009-08-28 11:36

this is a very smooth sunset image paul. fine silhouette of the mountain, the colors are incredible. regards.
danilo

bukitgolfb301 (4576) 2009-08-28 16:53

Hello my dear paul

What a great shot!
Perfect composition and very good framework.
Very nice color gradation indeed.
Thanks for sharing and best regards,
Have a nice weekend !
Takero

AiresSantos (41920) 2009-08-29 1:24

Hi Paul
Amazing colours in this excellent picture of the sunset in the Wolga River.
Beautiful reflections, well handled the light
TFS and have a nice day
Aires

ifege (1731) 2009-08-29 3:22

pPrfect colour and composition Paul,
Regards
Ian

Budapestman (41618) 2009-08-29 5:05

Hi Paul,
picturesque sunset mood, ineed, the colours and lights are fantastic, the composition is spectacular, great impression, Tfs! Have a nice weekend!
George

jhm (82297) 2009-08-29 6:23

Dag Paul,

Vele soldaten hebben dit zelfde beeld gezien aan de Wolga, maar weinig hebben er goede herinneringen aan overgehouden, dit aan beide zijden, velen kunnen het niet meer verder vertellen.
Ik vind uw foto een van de beste zonsondergangen op TE.
Uw 150 ste foto is echt een beauty, ik neem deze als een van mijn favoriten, bedankt.

Prettig weekend,
John.

Selmik (1418) 2009-08-29 8:02

Hi Paul,
absolutely beautiful sunset,thank You for bringing back my childhood memories.
Great work!
Thank You,
Mike

testmaniac (12062) 2009-08-29 8:24

Hi Paul,yes this is one very nice sunset photo with good composition and wonderful colors.

TFS

Phil

claudio74 (6418) 2009-08-30 16:10

Hello Paul
What a nice sunset, colours are incredible.
Well done
regards
Claude

jafadabret (39441) 2009-08-31 12:12

Bonjour Paul.
Tu as eu la grande chance de photographier ce ciel de légende. La photo est remarquable et les poussière du volcan ont ajouté de la magie à ce coucher de soleil.
Excellent !
Amical salut !
Jacques

toto (18699) 2009-09-06 13:48

Bonsoir,
belle photo de ce magnifique coucher de soleil, les photos suivantes sont aussi de toute beauté mais celle ci a trop vite attirré mon regard par ces couleurs donné par dame nature par son spectacle que vous avez bien su restituer.
Magnifique et reposant, on voudrait s' y assoir et admirrer ce moment magique.

Amitiés Thomas

bakes888 (18137) 2009-09-07 1:18

Hi Paul.
Impressive colours in this sunset, no matter what the cause! Lovely cloud patterns and the gull is definitely a bonus! Nice work and thanks for sharing.
Have a good week, Paul.

parbo (10968) 2009-09-07 15:07

Hello Paul,

Your timing is skillful also for adding life with a bird on air too. The spectrum of fantastic colors are just wonderful, congratulations. Have a nice new week.

Best Regards,

Ertugrul

paula-iw (28) 2009-10-18 3:12

Hi Paul
Amazing sunset. Superb colors.
I congratulate the shots.
Greetings Pauline