A Life Without Love

A Life Without Love


A Sunset without a sun is no sunset at all.
A life without love is no life at all.
A rainbow without colors is no rainbow at all.
And heart without feelings is no human at all.

All these things need something to be,
Either a sun or a person or a crayon,
If only to create what nature said was meant to be.

A sunset makes us feel as though the world has been born again.
A life with love lets us know it's worth to let someone in.
A rainbow with colors thats a moment frozen in time, to be grateful for all that is beautiful and feel all the glory inside.
A heart that has feelings, well that would be me.
For I love just the thought of you and hope you feel the same for me.

Life without our love, is an emptiness I'm not sure I wish to face.
Because I know that time will never be able to erase.
I wish our love was as simple as a sunset, ready to be born again.
But I know in truth love only comes from within.
So I'll keep watching for my sunset, and looking for that rainbow to shine someday.
Then one day maybe our love will find its way again.

Rachel Fogle

sunset

This was taken (from West Vancouver park) 20 mins before sunset – I did some experiment with this photo to add sunset flavor. Did some color balancing, gamma adjustment to generate this kind of sunset effect – though it was taken before sunset – but it was not that colorful sunset. You are the judge to decide whether I failed or not.

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Sunset Harmony

I wonder how to take sunset picture with details both on the sky and the front subjects like that house on this Sunset Harmony?

Because, if the camera points to the bright sunlight, that house turns out almost silhouette. However, if it points to the house, I get fine exposure on the house, but lose the warm sunset effect.

Okay, here I did a bit “cheating” ;)

I took it in raw format by pointed the camera to the sunset. As I mentioned above, the house turns out black. To bring out its details, I increased the brightness. In photoshop, I combined two jpeg format files, with and without brightness adjustment, by layer masking. I really was amazed by the sunset effect that could harmonize the warm and cool colours. Oh, I also did tone adjustments to emphasize the contrast between the warm and cool colours. Would love to know what you think :)

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'Bula' from Fiji...

'Bula' from Fiji...

Of course you would expect a tiny island in the South Pacific to have spectacular sunsets, and Mana Island in Fiji does not disappoint. There is a beach on the western side of Mana Island that is known for its sunset and it is named Sunset Beach, surprise, surprise! So off we went at 5.30pm, camera and tripod in hand. Yes, notice the word, “tripod”. The sunset was timed for 5.58pm and we reached the point at the end of Sunset beach in plenty of time and I set up the camera.

I loved the changing colours as the sun was setting and this photo was taken at 5.56pm, 2 minutes before the sunset. But the colour of the sky at the actual sunset time was quite disappointing. But 15 minutes later it was quite amazing – like the sky was on fire. I will post a photo of that at another time. Mana Island is a 300 acre island nestled among the western string of islands that make up the Mamanuca group just west of Nadi International Airport, Fiji. Beautiful white sandy beaches, amazing live coral reefs and crystal clear waters, surround Mana Island and it does have spectacular sunsets.

Sunsets around the world

I shot a lot of Sunset Pictures in many holiday and vacation destinations and love all the images of cloud patterns and the beautiful sunlight at that time. Sunset Pictures and Dusk Pictures are my favourites, as long as I can find a nice foreground. The shades between orange, blue and the dark are making all Sunset Pictures unique.

I have a large collection of sunset pictures from my extensive travels. I enjoy taking sunset pictures and using the natural subjects of my surroundings in the composition.

Beautiful reflections and constantly changing light situations make for unique and interesting pictures as the sun sinks lower in the sky until it finally dips beneath the horizon. Then, as though in a final attempt to keep the earth lit, the suns light reflects dramatically in the surrounding clouds.

Taking sunset pictures can be a challenging but also very rewarding experience.

Make sure to check out our other Sunset Photos and Pictures.