Standing at Enfield Lookout in Quabbin Park on a mostly cloudy day, a shaft of sunlight burst through a gap in the clouds and lit the base of Mount Ram on fire.
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11.26.2022 Sunfire
This entry was posted in Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts and tagged Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, landscape, Massachusetts, New England, Quabbin, Quabbin Landscape, Quabbin Park, sunrise, western massachusetts. Bookmark the permalink.
Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
Beautiful. I always like to watch the sunlight highlight patches of nature.
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It’s everchanging which makes for an entertaining few minutes. Thanks!
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Judging from the illuminated tops of evergreens, the sun’s light was orange in color. Some of the trees on the promontory seem to have added warm color of their own.
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This was just after sunrise when the light travels a longer distance through the atmosphere and gives off warm glows where it lands like the trees. The trees did have some retained foliage but the light often gives green a yellow glow.
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Just to continue our little ‘groove,’ how about this for your attention-grabbing sunlight? (With apologies to Omar Kayyam…)
The moving sunlight shines, and, having shined,
Moves on: nor all thy aperture nor lens
Shall lure it back to cancel shadows’ lines…
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Well, if Omar is lurking about he might have a smile for your lines. I’ll share one for him. 🙂
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I think my father would approve.
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Capture the moment, as it will vanish in the blink of an eye. Wow!
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Light is ever-changing especially on a cloudy day. Thanks, Peter!
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How very special to see and capture this fiery sunlight event, Steve, and on such a cloudy day.
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That it was, Jet. Unexpected as well. I try not to discard cloudy days as photo subjects because we just never know what the sky will do. Thank you!
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Beautiful light!
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Thanks, Alessandra!
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Like lava spilling from the mountain. Wonderful!
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Thanks, Sam! That’s an interesting vision.
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This type of lighting often brings to mind photographing in a studio (something I’ve not actually done) where you have full control over the lighting and can direct it just where you want it. It’s marvelous when nature obliges out in the field. 🙂
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I actually did have a set of studio lights at one time that I attempted to use here in my study. I just wasn’t into it enough to really practice and master them. I am much more enthusiastic about natural lighting. And when nature gives us light like this there’s nothing better.
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Spectacular!!!
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Thank you, Linda!
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Wonderful spotlighting here!!!
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Right place at the right time. Can’t say it was visualized until I was actually standing there and even then it was not a given until the right moment. Thanks!
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Wow! The sun has made the most stunning highlight for those trees! Beautiful.
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I couldn’t have placed the light better if I had a spotlight. Thanks, Ann!
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