I have taken countless photos of skies at sunset where the camera faced the sun, but this is the first one that I am posting on The Obvious where the camera is pointed in the opposite direction.

About half an hour before sunset we had a huge storm all of a sudden, with both high and low clouds moving at very high speeds. It was an amazing view, but I couldn't get to a good, open location fast enough. After driving for about twenty minutes, I finally decided to go next to the new hospital (MTMC) and wait for the sunset there. Needless to say, the wait paid off, and I witnessed one of the most amazing sights I have ever seen. Not only were the clouds a deep burning orange color, but there was the first rainbow I had seen against such a colorful background. In fact, if you look closer, there is a second rainbow barely visible to the right of the first one.

The sunset lasted less than five minutes, during which I was able to take a couple of panoramas and several shots from different angle. After looking at the pictures I decided to go with the panorama since it showed exactly the amount of sky needed to give you an idea of what I saw (although I wish I had slightly more ground). Post processing was quite straight forward and simple, with the exception of the stitching part, which took quite a bit of time and meticulous adjustments. I could have brought more detail out of the clouds, but I decided to keep it as close as possible to the original

I had originally planned to post a different photo today, one from my trip to the Stone Door, but I moved it to Monday instead.

Have a great weekend ;)

Titus

Update December 2010. Thank you for all who were part of selecting this photo in the 2010 Photoblog Awards best photo of 2010. What a great honor!