On my last mosquito swatting expedition to the Everglades, I was seduced by a spectacular Florida sunset. Like what has happened many times before, I couldn’t find a good location to shoot from during sunset. It kind of defeats the purpose of enjoying a nice peaceful experience when you are driving like a mad man chasing the light looking for a place to turnoff. During these times, it seems like the sun is dropping like a bowling ball! I like getting some interesting foreground subject if possible in my sunset shots, but I couldn’t seem to find a great location anywhere. Well, the sun was fading fast. I eventually gave up and swerved off of the road and decided to do a panorama of the sky. I shot a few sequences, swatted a few insects, lost about a quart of blood, and hit the road as fast as I could. After using photostich in photoshop a few days after the swelling went down, this rather square image appeared on the screen. Kinda of a strange pano, but I kinda like it.

Wow. This is very cool. I love all the different layers to this image. Sorry about the ‘squitos though.
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that’s some killer clouds you got Mike. love the colors here.
wow this is so gorgeous !!!! Lovely and beautiful colors!! Excellent in Large! Wow!
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This one is unreal. An instant fav,
This is so weird. The colours are amazing.
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very cool layers of colors here! congrats my friend!
what an amazing colour sky! it looks more like a vertorama to me mikey 😀 since its a square format
Fabulous colors!
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Beautiful sunset!
Yeah, I know the foreground issue. I am having the same problem, funnily enough more with sunsets than sunrises. This came out great. Love the square format. The sky looks awesome.
Love the trail of red cloud! Spectacular color!
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beautiful
strange ???? nooohh this is good ..the sky is just awesome,,
Have you been to Pine Glades Lake at sunset? I’ve gotten some good ones there.
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Wow!
What an awesome shot!
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WOW, nice !