evening smog
beckons setting sun
cold night comes
Winter sunsets in all their glory are starting to make nightly appearances over Port Phillip Bay. We are lucky in our part of Melbourne to have a choice of cliffs at Sandringham, Half Moon Bay and Black Rock or the open expanse at Ricketts Point and depending where you watch the spectacle from there will be a new aspect to photograph. These shots follow in sequence over a period of fifteen minutes beginning at 5.05 pm from the Black Rock cliff. The temp was down to about 8 oC by then and dropped to 4 by the bay overnight. This haiku emerged from the sequence for met. I hope you enjoy the combination and if a regular visitor trust you are not tiring of Port Phillip sunsets.
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Beautifully shot. Intense and dramatic, particularly the top photo with the small boat and the sizeable ship lurking in the haze.
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Thanks Agnes. The haze is smog , a side of Winter we get on calm windless afternoons and evenings.
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Is that manmade? Or a natural occurrence? Is it a bit nasty to breath too – oh dear.
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Combination of human created car fumes, industrial fumes, home wood fires and Melbourne sitting in a huge natural basin surrounded by hills and the bay so the smog sits in the basin and bay until wind arrives. We have had a number of windless days. At night it is especially smelly so we barricade inside the house. If Australia had already pulled out all stops to reduce CO2 emissions the wood fires and car fumes would be a lot less. Industry has improved although manufacturing industries are closing down in Australia at a rapid rate or off shoring to Asia.
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The 2nd shot with the reflection lighting dark waters is stunning!
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Thanks Carol. The intense colour changes are amazing over short periods of time as the rays hit the cloud and smog
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I detest auto correct – hope you correct that embarrassing typo made by auto correct!
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Thats OK
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Gorgeous pictures, the warmth of the colours belies the air temperature.
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It sure does, the cold comes up through the ground
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So beautiful moments you captured dear Denis, fascinated. Winter there, summer here… 🙂 Have a nice winter days, Thank you, Love, nia
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Thanks Nia. The days get beautiful by midday then the cold seeps in. No wind at the moment and this means smog hangs in the air
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Beautiful in every way. Tire of these amazing sunsets? Not me, kind sir. Thank you for sharing. ❤
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Thanks Annette, I’ll keep clicking away evening after evening, but not tonight as there is a huge cloud mass travelling the East coast of Australia dumping rain.
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Perhaps ironic that smog adds to the atmosphere of a sunset 🙂 –beautiful haiku and I can’t imagine tiring of your sunset photos.
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Thanks Janice, I have some more and need to create the haiku. I just discovered your comment sitting in my spam folder, WordPress is not behaving well lately.
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Look forward to your haiku. Your mention of spam reminds me I should go take a look at my folder to recover misfiled comments.
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