Sunrises & Sunsets: Into the Light

My most appreciated Sunset & Sunrise Prints

Toward the Light

“Always shoot with the sun behind you” A rule I heard often.
Fortunately, rules are made to be broken. For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt drawn toward the light.

Golden Lining

That soft, low light at sunrise and sunset paints the world in yellow, orange, red, pink, and purple.
A low-hanging sun outlines baby geese and young foxes with a shimmering golden edge.
The golden hours live up to their name: everything turns to gold. Even the plainest patch of land or the clumsiest goose becomes beautiful in the early morning or late evening.

Everything is Better in Back-light

Put simply: shooting with the light shows what’s there.
Shooting into the light lets you create your own fairy tale.
Which, coincidentally, happens to be one of my very favorite things to do.

Showing off with its wings spread, against a beautiful pink backdrop
A mute swan impresses by spreading its wings against the beautiful pink sunset.
ABcklit fox at sunset, sitting in an orange colored field due to the last sun rays of the dau
Back-lit red fox in the warm orange glow of the last sunlight.
Dragonflies gathering in beautiful sunset back-light
Gathering of back lit dragonflies at sundown.
Fallow Deer at sunset, surrounded by flies
Fallow Deer at sunset, surrounded by flies and bathing in beautiful warm light.
Bluethroat male and mosquitoes at sunset
Back-lit bluethroat male surrounded with mosquitoes at sunset.
Trees mirrored in the water with a beautiful golden sunrise
Magical misty morning with tree silhouettes reflected in the beautifully colored water.
Birds and trees in the mist at a pink sunrise
Early morning covered in mist and beautifully colored by the sunrise.
Snakes Head Fritillary in the beautiful lwarm light of the sunset
Snakes Head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris) in beatifyl warm colors at sunset.
Numerous back-lit dragonflies in the reed at sunset
A lot of back-lit dragonflies at sunset, making it look like a fairy party.
Fallow deer at sunset with a beautiful light around the antlers
Fallow deer with that soft velvet edge catching the last sunset rays
Bluethroat male singing its song on a branch at sunset.
Bluethroat male singing its song at sunset.
Yellow Duckling in a Golden Pond
Yellow Duckling in a golden water at sunset
Back-lit dragonflies in the beautifully colored rays of the sunset
Dragonflies in gorgeous back-light at a summer sunset
Back-lit fallow deer stag with a beautiful breath cloud
Back-lit fallow dear with a breath cloud on a cold morning during the rutting season.
S serene swan floating on the smooth water surface with the beautiful warm colors of the sunset reflected in the water
Male swan floating gracefully through the water at sunset.
Fallow deer standing in a frozen field at sunrise
Fallow deer in a frozen world on a wonderful wintry morning.
Little Owl in warm light at sunset by Roesselien RAimond
Little backlit owlet at sunset.
Fallow Deer at Sundown surrounded by mosquitoes
Fallow deer surrounded by flies at sunset.
Bluethroat female about to feed her babies at sunset
Bluethroat female about to feed her babies at sunset.
Beautifully colored chess flower at sunset
Snake’s head fritillary or chess flower (Fritillaria meleagris) in beautiful warm evening light.
Black-tailed Godwit limosa limosa bird
Backlit Black-tailed Godwit in the meadow at sunset
Rim-light gosling at sunset
Rim-light gosling at sunset
Backlit Bluethroat
Thank you bluethroats….you are fantastic birds.
Heron and fall colours
Heron and fall colours
Bluethroat male at sunset
But don’t underestimate his talent for drama…