My Mrs took me out last night to where she has her riding lessons. That side of the hill was in shadow, so I drove around to Eglwysilan where people from the Universal Colliery disaster are buried.
Round on that side of the hill I found a really hazy sunset looking out over the Taf Valley so I found a quiet corner to sit and enjoy it
The spot I really wanted was spoiled with a farmer working and kicking up a big dust cloud that I found too hard to work with so I headed further North.
At first the skies were quite light and there were some interesting variations and the sun was still fairly high so it wasn't in the pictiures
As the sun went further down it needed to come into the picture and the colours got more intense which made it harder to get any subtlety into the pictures, but the colours were really enjoyable
And finishing with some really intense reds
I have not adjusted the colours in these pictures, just increased the contrast with a very minor adjustment.
The trick to get the intensity of colours was to shoot into the light and let the camera decide to darken the sky.
These are all taken with the 50-200 handheld, but with the aid of a fencepost for stability
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