Finally, Wispy Sierra Nevada SUNSET.

[usonian]

Two days after the wispy sunrise.



For a very short period, the light was such that the neat wisps were visible.
20mm. lens, f/5 at 1/250 ISO 100
For you old "film and light meter" folks, that's 2.5 stops down from the proverbial "average subjects in bright sun" setting.
Translation: lucky!
Okay, persistent, too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Nicely done, my dear usonian!

Luck and persistence often pay off, as they did here!

[usonian]

3. Thank you.

Things change so quickly at sunset. It's quite frantic, and amazing, reviewing photos, how they differ from one another so much during the same session. And then there's one ... or two ... that make the effort worthwhile.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. It may take luck and persistence

But your artistic eye saw the scene first! Very nice photo!

[usonian]

4. Thanks.

My Dad was an artist.

One Christmas, won't say how long ago, Mom took me and my brother to a store to get beginner cameras, and it has been nonstop since then. I am most grateful to them both.

[George McGovern]

5. Excellent usonian. Absolutely excellent.

[usonian]

6. Thanks.

I am really happy when the light is so balanced like this. I do absolutely minimal post-processing. I have one in the queue that took some work. Worth it. Coming soon.

I posted elsewhere in Photography about 5 or 6 free and open source software alternatives to photoshop. I haven't tried them since I got a camera that does "raw". For now, Preview and GIMP are quite sufficient for me.