The distinction of the minaret in the setting sun;
The contrasting red sky,
a sight lasting only for a few minutes a day!
The emotions and thoughts at that fleeting moment,
very contrasting to that of the rest of the day!
Experience it yourself, by gazing in to the red sky.
Within a span of a few minutes
witness so many different natural wonders,
playing with our sight!
What’s real, what’s apparition?
The sun lowering itself;
or the earth we stand on, rotating face?
My eyes tell me the sun is lowering itself behind the horizon.
Scientific facts tell me otherwise!
The setting sun, with its contrasting face,
can be white, red, or even black!
A lesson in itself for mere mortals;
reminding us to be ready to welcome unexpected change!
It can be rays, it can be a fire ball, it can be defined
It can be splattered, it can be a blob, it can be a stroke of a brush.
Take a moment longer to think;
to think about the contrasting image;
the different image just because of another change;
the change in how we see something because of its angle,
because of its situation, because of a mindset!
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My contribution to this week’s photo challenge: Contrast








beautiful!
thanks for the visit Rhea
3rd image is the winner for me….beautiful capture…
the third one is one of my favorites too.
i called it “sun the destination”
Wow! What a great entry! Stunning photo’s!
thanks sonel.
it’s just a collection of sun photos from my photo archive.
nothing as contrasting as the sun against the sky
Beautiful shots all!
thanks ElizOf.
sunsets, sun rises, the sun and its rays … all good for photos
fabulous pictures real good take on theme.
thank you cobbies
you are welcome;)
LOVE the eclipse shot! Amazing!
the eclipse was over no sooner than it started. Had fun taking snaps that day. And that one is taken with an x-ray sheet in between my camera and the eclipse
So many beautiful images, Amira. But I’ve come to expect nothing less from you and the beautiful Island Country of Maldives!
What lovely lessons on Contrast you deliver to us today, such creative and clever versions I had not even thought of!
Oh..BTW….you had me on the first photo…I love the splash of vibrant pink and the lovely, exotic building shapes silhouetted against it. And then I enjoyed each one after that! Thank you for sharing!
thanks Judy
you are just too generous with your compliments.
vibrant pink, orange, red and a dash of yellow can all be seen up on the sky.
one of the best moments of the day. and the rarest of time to have the luxary to gaze up the sky at that hour
Beautiful entry as always my friend
thanks jack
beautiful photos
thanks for the visit and the comment Brenda
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BEAutiful snaps ,cant see them with out my rayban wyfers on B-) ,
Oh
in that case have your rayban on all the time
do take a look again
yeah i just need a mirror now to see ma self
Beautiful photos.
The shadows on the sand would have been great for the distortion topic!
that’s very true Sued51.
I infact did thought about using some of my shadow photos.
I have a variety of them in my archive.
but then, my mind was too distorted and I wanted to rave about that
thanks for the lovely comment
Beautiful pictures very well taken. Thanks for sharing.
thanks Dilip.
I enjoy sun pictures. enjoy any and all, but especially the sun
So good!
thanks
These are fabulous for the challenge. I love the first one. The red of the sky
is magnificent.
Very nice, Amira …
magnificient is the right word for that image, the red sky, god’s creation
thanks for the lovely comment
these are brilliant!!
thanks for sharing.
thanks for visiting pix & kardz
Lovely shots and beautiful writing!
comments much appreciated
I enjoyed the photo on your space too.
the solar eclipse!
greetings by
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The eclipse brings back nice memories of a noon spent on the terrace trying to witness the moment
some really great photos in this one Amira
Thanks Jo.
Compliments about photos from you are just too humbling.
I love your photography
Awwwwwwww…you are so sweet…and a damned good photographer
Beautiful, breathtaking! The photo that shows “how tall you are” – Stunning! Great Post!
hmm
I like that photo too. the angle is also nice … and the sun in a different form on the corner.
It was just a random quick photo from my mobile phone. glad I did this post. the photo was just lying in my archive without much of an attention.
am admiring it now
thanks for the visit and comment Flora. it’s always encouraging
OKAY Amira! YOU know this is my favorite!! SUN and BEACH awesome!!!!
mine too
thanks for the lovely comments as always.
Really beautiful photographs of sunset. The reflection on sea is looking so beautiful.
thanks Arindam for your lovely comment.
the sun and the sea draws such a beautiful image together
Awesome shots, Amira! And my favourite is the third one.
thanks Bindu
I also like that one very much.
more so because it was taken from my mobile phone which is not much of a powerful camera. but the shot cameout really nicely.
Like the eclipse shot
Thank you stumbler for the visit and the like
the eclipse photo brings good memories … had so much fun witnessing it from our terrace …
great combo of pictures and words. well written
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thank you Amar …
the sun is one my favourite subjects
these are beautiful, Amira. all of them are striking.
my favourite is the second-last one.
thanks for sharing.
thanks pix & kardz for the lovely visit
yes I also like that one … the sun on that looks to me like a twinkling diamond on a ring
Lovely photo commentary. Nice job, Amira. Thank you for sharing. Here are my two contributions to Sun. I hope that you can visit. http://annefreemanimages.wordpress.com
~Anne
thank you dear for the visit. welcome to my humble space