Tonight's Donner Lake Sunset

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Alright, this one was easy. No hiking, no cross-country skiing. This is across the street from my pad and it took me about 1 minute to walk there. It's been lightly snowing most of the day. I noticed it was clearing up a bit right before sunset so I grabbed the camera and went for a little walk. I really didn't think there would be a chance for much color, but you never know, and I needed to stretch my legs, so I figured I would try.

Boom!!! The color looking to the east exploded with a vibrant pink. Looking west, there was no color, only clouds that were snowing. This photo is not going to be my next "best seller", but it's nice and I felt like mission accomplished, even though it wasn't much of a mission at all.

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Shot handheld with a Canon 5DS R and a 24-105mm lens. The ISO was 640, the lens aperture was f/4, and the exposure time was 1/100 of a second. No tripod was used so the lens image stabilization was turned on in order to help get a sharp shot at that slow of a shutter speed.

While out there I saw a big NOPE! If you look closely at the photo below, you can see a man swimming in the lake. Yes, there is snow on the shoreline, and this is the same lake that I have posted with ice along the shoreline recently. I'll never understand those "polar plunge" folks who like swimming in icy water. I know it's supposedly good for you, but NOPE! You'll never catch me swimming in water that cold.

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Thanks for looking and I hope you all had a great (and warm) day today!

Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
www.ScottShotsPhoto.com

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I actually love how the sky usually produces beautiful colors and you are smart rebought for you to be able to capture them at the right time
I like that!

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Smart... or lucky! I am lucky to live across the street from the lake and can see what is happening with the sky. If it looks good, I can be at this spot in 1 minute! Have a great day @rafzat!

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Beautiful colours…
Wow, tooooo cold hahahaha 🤣 they do say it is very healthy !LOL and one can build up for it.

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If you build up for it, that means that you have to do it a lot... NOPE! lol.
Glad you like those colors, it was nice to see.

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Yep, a lot… hahaha This doesn’t mean I would do it either though… !LOL
I can imagine.

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Nice color 👍 I agree on the cold water plunge, not for me. Maybe living in the cold makes you appreciate being warm 🤔

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Ha! Yeah, we deal with enough cold, no need to be even more cold. Perhaps they were tourists, doing it for the instagram photo... 😂

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wow... The color is very beautiful, this is a very extraordinary beauty.

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It was very nice to see. Such a beautiful area up here! Glad you liked that.

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Thanks for sharing these sky and nature shots with us. They look stunning. I especially like how you captured the glowing red of the evening sky.

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It was nice to see that glowing sky at sunset!
It's dumping snow today, glad I was able to get out while I could....
Have a great day @aloysiusmbaba!

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These are beautiful colours worth admiring of I must confess actually

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I am always happy to see your posts and watch the nature beauty.

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