Sunsets are pretty elusive these days, as the sun tends to have set before I can stagger away from work! Today’s sunset photo was a nice opportunity… my camera and I were actually east of town taking more pictures of spiky frost on the fences.

This was a nice shot because that red sunset gave the wood a nice warm tone, yet the frost and background were still a nice bluish white. In the past year and half since I started photography, I’ve learned that a good photo requires being in the right place at the right time. Tonight I was there.

Those little spikes are absolutely amazing! I’ve got some closeups, I’ll have to post one or two. One thing about a macro lens is that it’s got a very shallow depth of field; once I focus on a point, anything minutely closer or further away from that point are blurred. It’s neat for some things but a challenge for shots like this. I love a good challenge…