This was tonight's sunset. The colors are so different at different times of the year, as I'm learning. Still, they just knock my socks off. I'll try to get a sunrise tomorrow, and will be so glad to be able to stick around for it and not have to get ready for work and leave. I've had a wood stork most mornings, besides the herons. Would love to see what you've got. I've got tons since we moved here in late April, just can't NOT take pics when it's so luscious.

Now, these are thru the screen on the lanai because I was lazy!

Kathy - awesome sunset shots!
Love the colors on the bottom one
You really got lucky when you bought your house - beautiful location. Something you never get tired of.

I have some sunset shots but can't post now (at work). I'll post some tomorrow - have a wedding later

Great pics! Here are a few from our travels.

Rose on the beach in Coos Bay OR at sunset.

Sunset in Puerto Penasco MX

From the Airport Mesa vortex in Sedona, AZ

From Arizona (south of Tucson-halfway to Nogales)
I called this one "The Hand of God".

Gee, sorry about the size. I just can't seem to figure out the sizing thing.

Very nice Kris/Kathy. Here's one from last weekend.

Wow, I'm loving the pics. Mine are from home this time, lol, but I simply LOVE sunrise and sunset pics. Keep them coming.

I wasn't out there for the after sunset colors, but I did catch this one of a fast setting sun between the banana trees.

OK, Bonaire sunset


2 BVI sunset pics



Dana Point sunset (can you see the old man's face?)

OOOO and AAAAAAAH! I love sunset pictures and those are great everyone!
Here's another from Cadillac mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine!

Definitely a fire in the sky!

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oops...this was supposed to be the other bvi sunset! wonderful Maine sunset babs!

Ahhh... one of my weakness too ...
Cannot refrain from posting! Thanks for the opportunity and thanks to those above for the gorgeous ones the you've posted!!

The was taken this past chilly March up the coast of Lake Huron (Canada) in a little town called Grand Bend. The shoreline has snow/ice on it. I was told that this Lake is one of the world's top 3 site for sunsets (I have not researched this tidbit and would stand corrected).



The next photo was taken in Curacao in 2005.

Ok..I consider myself pretty net savvy (boy am I going to be sorry I said that I bet!) but can't even figure out where to go to post a pic! I remember trying to do one on here a few years ago and had real trouble getting the size right..now I can't even figure out where to do it on here! Have a great sunset pic from Hawaii last week I'd love to share.

HELP!

Mercy, to post a pic you just type in:

\image {pic} (btw, anything can be in the bracket, I just use numbers or letters, like 1, 2, 3 or a, b, c - some people put funny names in there!)

with no spaces, then hit post and you'll see a little black box with yellow writing in it, and the computer will ask you to browse for your picture. Find it, hit post again and voila. Make sure the pic is under 50 kbs though. You can right click on it, hit properties and see the size. Sometimes if it's too big you can take it to paint and just save it again (as a jpeg of course) and it's reduced enough.

Hi Mercy, I just had to dust off the cobwebs and went to "BIU (Formatting)" for the instructions. Your photo needs to be 50K or under to post ... I've found that under ~ 49 is a 'safe' bet. Hope this helps.

This is a great thread! I only have sunsets from Bonaire on my computer. I wasn't digital before discovering Bon. LOL! Any way...these are both taken from The Plaza. Great sunsets there!

Above pic from last year --sunset over Klien

Sunset Sail in front of Klien

Kathy,
thanks for simplifying pic posting for me! I think I have it now.
Dave

one from Belize

Great thread Kathy - I don't have any pics to share but am loving everyone else's.
Perhaps tonight I will be blessed with a beautiful sunset, the time to enjoy it, and a camera in hand

This is from the balcony at Belmar. It includes the family and in a bit of photoshop magic the person who took the picture. That would be me.

Bonaire sunset off of Belmar

Opps...too big! Here it is again.

What great pic's everyone!
Love this thread, Kathy

Antigua sunset - from Shirley Heights
In the background is Monsterat



This is in Tobago




A couple of Bonaire Sunsets

What's that saying? "Third times a charm"

Lake Havasu, AZ




A couple of Shinnecock Bay, Long Island, NY

A moon shot Les took during the summer




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Had to resize

Judy, those are great pictures! Did you like Antigua? I have almost the same picture from Shirley Heights. Did you go for the party on Sunday?? I loved it there! I had a friend who lived there and we stayed in his "pool house" --- it was absolutely delicious !!

Hi Kelly & thanks!

We loved Antigua. So much so that we were married there! We stayed at Pineapple Beach which was about 1/2 hr from the airport. Made a lot of friends there too - really nice people. My husband dove with Octopus Divers by English Harbor & enjoyed the diving (heard whales once while diving & said it was awesome).
And, yes we did the party on Sunday at Shirley Heights - what a great time we had!
We'd love to go back someday but Bonaire is so very special now with all the wonderful people we've met and the diving/snorkeling can't be beat!
If we could figure a way to do both in one vacation we would but the airlines make it very difficult with connections, etc.
Where was your friend's "pool house"?

Some beautiful pictures folks.

But no sunrises! lol Mine are on the laptop from this summer and this is a new computer, but maybe tomorrow I'll have time to pull some out.

Same sun all around the world. Very cool.

Roatan 2001

Palau 1999

Sunrise Palau..

one more for Palau;;

My friend was the assistant for John Fuller, who works in the government there. I cannot remember the location of the house, but it's on the northwest side, near Dickinson's Beach maybe? I got so turned around there I never knew where I was. My favorite place was half moon beach. When we went there, we were the only people there the whole day. We drank vanilla vodka and ting! Yummy !

Wow, what great pictures everyone! Great topic, Kathy!

Ok, here's my favorite Bonaire Sunset picture, I've posted it before, but heck, I like it


Here's one from my back yard


Here's a sunrise in the fog/mist at home

Oops lets try that again

Bonaire


Home sunset


Sunrise in fog


Sunrise in winter with snow and frost

Becky, those pics are beautiful

Tara...they might be beautiful, but it is darn right rude to post snow pics when she is leaving for Bon tomorrow! LOL!!! Becky...I think I might drop you off at Midway instead of OHare for those pics.

They are very nice, if you like snow.

WOW, I loved everyone's pictures! I could sit here and look at them all day.

great pics , ...here is a golden oldie,


sjosss

Edwards, Colorado. Only 52 days to Bonaire!!

that was my first attempt to post pics... will try for a bigger one...

oh well....

One more try....

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong!! I have tried to compress it, also I have opened it with paint and then saved as a jpeg file... all to no avail. Well it works but is too small. Any help would be great. My husband are going to Bonaire this Thanksgiving and it would be great to know how to post pics for our trip report when we return...

Thanks!
Jenn

What a great view to wale up to:

Here's another one taken the same morning.
Salisbury, Ma:

Oh my..... these pictures are just spectacular. Keep them coming, please.

Becky, I love the snow pictures.. wowww

I still don't have any of my own, and no time to dig for them right now.... but, I have a wonderful friend in AZ who emails pics of sunrise and sunsets EVERY day - He's amazing and his photog skills get better and better everyday
Here are two from this weekend (btw- he loves to share his photos and is a great storyteller to boot ~ many thanks to the Krazy African for my daily dose of beauty!)
Arizona Sunset
another Arizona sunset

Key West FL

Hey Timmmmy - that could be our view for the next BT Mini Meet!! --- Niiiiiice

lets do it!

I emailed my Arizona photog friend to let him know I had posted his pics and I'm happy to say he will be joining us shortly
Come on out Paul!!

Timmy, we have dove just at sunset and then after dark in the Keys, and OMG what an adventure. Your marker looks like Sombrero Reef, but I guess it's not. Larry and I have way too many links up on shutterfly, but if we didn't they all would be lost, so I'm glad they're there and we reminisced last night. One dive led me to sleep and dreaming about it. I will never forget one night on Looe Key on a night dive, and the silversides were so translucent giving off light, and it was so dark we could only find each other with our flashlights and light bands around our tanks, (but we were a 2 dive buddy set, so we tried to stay together, but it was a task to keep with our dive buddy and not lose the others), and then in would dash a huge nurse shark, and we'd thrill over that in a small canyon, then get back to the business of finding crabs, lobster, sleeping fish, then DASH in comes another shark. lol And it was all so pristine and so perfect. Then when we surfaced, Maria and I surfaced at the same time and at the same time, said something along the lines of OMG, at the navy sky with perfect constellations coming right down to the water, and the boat looking like it's a half a mile away, and just swimming, talking and marveling at the dive and the sky, no fear of the ocean below because we'd just been there, and finding the guys (Larry and Dan) soon after and all climbing aboard, happy to be there, happy to have experienced that, just.......happy.

I'm all for a Keys mini meet, Kelly!

That Looe Key dive summer link
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8Bbt3LZoyaMVQ
Still using 35 mm then. But you can see the silversides, the sharks, see the just before sundown pics, and the jewfish. An awesome day. Kids as dive buddies is excellent, btw.

Hi Guys
I hope to be joining you all soon, just first learning to figure out how to post some pics here.
Have a great day
Paul - The Krazy African

Tara lass, this is a test round

By George, I think you've got it

I suppose I should have warned you ahead of time, this site is very Addicting!

Welcome to BT my friend!

OMG those are wonderful!! Where have you been hiding this friend Boom??? Welcome Paul!!!

Welcome, Paul! Thanks for the beautiful pictures. From what part of Africa did you come?

I took this while salmon fishing in northern Vancouver Island

This is a dawn shot from just below our cabin in the Crowsnest Pass (southern Alberta)..."When The Rockies turn rose".

Hi Guys
Boom you are right this is fun
Freddie and Christine, thanks ever so much for your kindness.
I come from S. Africa with a wildlife conservation background and will let you know more about my background soon.
Some of my very first Arizona pics were put up by a friend at this address
http://www.krazyafrican.shutterfly.com/action/pictures?a=67b0de21b331a5b5c4ed
All taken with a small Sony point and press digital.
Have a fun day
Paul

And maybe just one Bonaire sunset...I never get tired of seeing it.

Wow! Cam those shots are gorgeous!! You can almost smell the cool, fresh air.

Paul - not just fun, so much more - it's the people who make it - I'm glad you're a part of it now. I'm honored to have you as a friend!

Thanks Boomer...

Wow, Cam. That picture of the Rockies turning rose made my jaw drop. What beauty!!

Haven't made it to S. Africa yet, Paul. My mom has visited and her pictures of the country were beautiful. Enjoyed Kenya and Tanzania.

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Thanks Christine
Pictures never do the view justice...we're lucky to live in such beautiful country and be able to visit other equally beautiful places.

Welcome Paul , ....nickname krazy should fit right in here, LOL.

Amazing tents you build btw, never seen anything like it before, ... which remark puts me right out of the market straight away,

back to the grind,....
Jerry wanna share some meds???
Or should we do a "blind pill swop"???

My old boat!

LaDonna

Oh, and the salmon fishing trip ended badly

Looks like Momma wants her baby back!

Here's one more taken last Feb.

:

Jos
Thanks it is also great to meet you.
Sorry that I am ao slow at responding but my days are usually rather insane with the tents and stuff
Here are a few recent pics and the last one taken in July back in Africa.

Ok let me try again :-)

Ok let me try again :-)

Hmmm.... I'm not getting pictures from Sjoss's or Paul's or Jerry's from another thread --- moderators?
very odd

NEVER MIND!! My bad

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Paul those bottom two look as if they should be together always... Lady of the Lake kind of looking... beautiful

Freddie, I never noticed that they merged in such a funky way but like you, it works for me
I have learnt now and next time will put a line in between pics

Freddie - are taking Jerry's meds????

Freddie
Whoa! real funky - I looked at that blend and it felt like I had a few sips too many

WOW!!!!

A few more pics, Arizona truly gets some of the most amazing sun events.

Whoa Paul - I think you going to send Freddie over the edge

Absolutely gorgeous pics Paul.

4 of our kids live in AZ, so everytime I see an AZ pic I get a pang. But they love that desert life and that big sky. I wish all of them enjoyed our ocean. It's all beautiful, but you can't beat a sunset or sunrise or a moon over water, in my book. Love your pics!

From the ocean side of villa #13 north of Captain Don's. The back of the villa has been remodeled since this was taken.

Paul - spectacular pictures. Welcome to BT
Boom - you have nice AND talented friends!

Cam & Ron & Everyone - beautiful shots
Don't need any meds - just sink (or is that sync) yourself into those pic's!

Judy you are too kind, thank you ever so much! Boom & her Guy are indeed truly most spectacular people.

Hi ya all
Goodness it is just blissful to have this day over and to be at home and be privileged enough to witness yet another sundown.
Yea it was a long day but it was also good to hear that my good bud, living in the 'tundra' of Canada and has gone through some really tough times, is once again her chipper self
A new dimension took place today when another most excellent bud, introduced me to a group of nature lovers, sharing sun pics from the Island of Bonaire, just off the northern coast of S. America - thanks you guys all, for your very warm welcome - thanks 'boom' you are one very special lass.
To be honest, I dragged my scrawny tired little tail out to take some pics tonight and despite this, I came back home inspired by the few moments I shared with the sun.
I hope you all get to enjoy and share in my moment in time.
Now it is off to making a spectacular dinner for my oldest lad and his sweet girlfriend, Miz J.
Taking off for the night now )
Love ya all
Yr Krazy African Bud
Paul

Very nice Paul and welcome to the looney bin. You will fit right in, one because you claim to be crazy (which is sufficient for this group) and two, you shoot a small Sony which is near and dear to my heart. Pity the poor fools who don't own one. Here's when my newest baby arrived.

Paul, let me "formally" welcome you to Bonaire Talk. Absolutely stunning pictures

May I also say, welcome to the "nuthouse"

Paul, how in the WORLD did you get a moon pic so clear??? If it's the Sony, I want one!!!! Amazing.

Hi Cecil, thanks for the welcome and believe me that I do feel at home between all the krazy's.
Congrats on the new baby, they sure make life so interesting and full )
My small Sony died recently after taking about 6000 pics in the 8 months of it's life so now I am using the Sony H5

Cynde, thanks to you also for the cool welcome and very kind comments.
Krazy is always good

Hi Kathy, thanks also for your kind comments, the moon pics are hit and miss but with it waxing, it will become easier to catch - I think the clear desert sky also helps with the clarity.

Wednesday sun greetings...
Hi all,
Greetings from Big Sky Arizona...
This morning started off with not even a trace of a sun pre-event but being my optimistic self, I just hung out with Miz Puppy on a raised patch of desert enjoying the brisk morning air and the start of day.
Right at 99, the sun never failed and did a brilliant but short performance - I hope you enjoy sharing in the moment.
A spectacular day to you all
Yr. Krazy African Bud
Paul

note: this space might not allow 2 of my 4 pics to show but will try anyway - if they are rejected, I will trim and repost them.

wow.
Hey Paul, welcome.
We were certified by a south african chap who now owns a camp just outside of Kruger National Park. "Come and visit" he says. "Soon" we reply, soon.
Thanks for the great shots.
Cam, do tell, how did you escape your brush with the great white shark? Was he after your camera?
Here is what we used for our New Year's e-post card



Mare

Hi Mare
Escaped by the skin of my teeth The camera bought it.

Here is another sunrise shot during a fishing trip



Here was my pet sea otter for the voyage

Thanks Mare,
Wow small world indeed, I was a game ranger in the Kruger Park for 17 years. This pic I took while lying in an ambush.



Cam that shark is frigging insane, rule of thumb is, if you can't take your 375 H&H Mag, Don't Go!!

Hi Paul

I know that, as a diver, I should love all marine life, but I personally don't care if I ever get up close and personal with a GW (the same with the grizzley bears on the mountain our cabin is on...I don't want to see them...I don't want them to see me)...I heard that, last year, something like 3 divers were killed by GW's in Australia...bit in half...ouch!! I watched a show about the world's most dangerous beaches, and I do belive South Africa rated high, possibly number 1...are you a Springbok rugby fan?

Paul, I noticed that you've changed your website and it no longer includes the video of the elephant ---
Mare, Patrick & I were just talking last night about how Xmas/New Years on Bonaire is a must -- Tribs is sooo lucky!
Cam, your shots are just wonderful!

Cam, you know these sharks are really amazing, in Kruger Park there was two records of Zambezi Sharks recorded in the Limpopo River 400 km from the ocean - and one worries about crocodiles ha!
I did not mind getting up close and personal to the land creatures but in the water it is all their turf.
Boom mentions the elephant charging me video, Boom I will try to get it up again and let you know.

Boom the video should be up again at
http://www.krazyafrican.com/

Ah, that's more like it!
You are one crazy Krazy African

I was out bowhunting last week and I took these shots of the Livinston Range. Our cabin is on the other side of this range




Will be back out there tomorrow

Cam these are beaut pics -thanks

Hey all, tis frigging FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am sorry yesterday was another on of 'those' days and I never found time to post my pics, so today is a mix of from both mornings.
Yesterdays pre-event was on of the most ethereal sun events I have ever witnessed - I awoke to a very dark overcast sky with scattered showers and a small sliver of open sky on the eastern horizon. In this dark moody morning, came a very brief but very beautiful splash of color.
The light was so poor that most of my pics were too grainy and had to be trashed but I did keep these first two for the record
I hope you get to enjoy and share in both moments.
Take care and wishing you all a smashing weekend
Yr Krazy African Bud
Paul

Just incredible color.. Nicely done

Hiya all
Jan, thanks ever so much for your your very kind comments....
So Friday has finally dawned and almost gone, another week past and we are still alive, like it or not - Life is good!!
Hoping this helps you ease into the weekend as it did for me and Dr. Dave, the computer whisperer)
A metamorphosis on it's own - I hope you enjoy the few pics.
Yr. Krazy African Bud
Paul

I hope you have all had a brilliant weekend.
For the first time in a long time I chilled out and even got time to read a book and even finish it
Yesterday evening the Miz Puppy and I decided to ride the railroad again to look for sun pics, so we packed some water and a few ales and hit the bumpy track...
It was a peaceful moment until a train shattered the silence and came rumbling by for the next 5 minutes - but I am not complaining, I was after all on the railroad track.
The sundown was really pretty, colorful and uplifting so he two of us headed to the local watering hole for a few more ales and to watch the night arrive.
I landed up next to a couple of over inebriated folks which was fun for a while to watch but the rest is a story for another day.
All I know is wherever I go, the action always finds me
I hope you all have a truly phenomenal week ahead.
Yr Krazy African Bud
Paul

I hope you have all had a brilliant weekend.
For the first time in a long time I chilled out and even got time to read a book and even finish it
Yesterday evening the Miz Puppy and I decided to ride the railroad again to look for sun pics, so we packed some water and a few ales and hit the bumpy track...
It was a peaceful moment until a train shattered the silence and came rumbling by for the next 5 minutes - but I am not complaining, I was after all on the railroad track.
The sundown was really pretty, colorful and uplifting so he two of us headed to the local watering hole for a few more ales and to watch the night arrive.
I landed up next to a couple of over inebriated folks which was fun for a while to watch but the rest is a story for another day.
All I know is wherever I go, the action always finds me
I hope you all have a truly phenomenal week ahead.
Yr Krazy African Bud
Paul

Hiya all
Tonight the clouds blotted the sundown from where I was but i was so privileged to capture this awesome storm moving in on Vail, Arizona from the east.
I have never seen such defined rain falling as I did today, together with two rainbows.
Be there, share and enjoy!!
Yr Krazy African Bud
Paul

Spectacular images Paul ....... it must have been thrilling to watch!!

Wow some great sunsets....

my donation from Kitebuggy Holiday in Denmark last year


methinks we need a new thread though... even with DSL broadband it took nearly a minute to load!!! just think of how long it will take on dial-up?

Cheryl, thanks ever so much - the weekend did present some nice pics but that storm did it for me, it was truly spectacular and I did not do it justice.

Thanks to you too Roy for your kind comment and for the stunning pic you shared with us.
If I knew how to make a new thread I would but I am a real novice here, as you can see with all my mess-up's above

No probs Paul, I'm happy to help out so we can see more of your fantastic pics, welcome to BT and Thanks to Tara for introducing you

Sunrise & Sunsets Part2

and thanks to Kathy for starting this thread, I agree with everyone else, I can't get enough of them