I could have given the same title as the previous posts about the interesting sides of bush flying…
there are flying days like that, when the moment is just magic, and it is then worth the rest of the occasional bad day. The rainy season is the best for that magic moment, for aerial pictures. The dust has gone, the visibility is perfect, the clouds are incredible, the colors explode..;well for those who can look and enjoy that is. Today was a typical dry day, like flying in fog but it was only dust made shiny by the sun. Nothing great. But the pictures below were taken in one round trip to Nairobi last week. It shows perfectly the evolution of light or clouds during the day. Just before sunset, the golden glow as it is called amongst photographers and probably others doesn’t happen that often because different parameters are required in the recipe to get it. But when it appears, it creates a visual orgasm.
in the afternoon, around 3pm. Lots of clouds but the star is visible, including the secondary peak on the left, rarely covered by snow. Already nice feeling to see it like this.
then on the way back from Nairobi to Kilimanjaro airport, around 6pm, the clouds have dropped a bit. The light comes at a low angle, creating nice shades in the cumulus clouds.
it must be much darker below.
then the golden glow makes a shy approach, the colors get warmer as the sun gets lower and lower.
as I come closer to the Tanzanian border around 6h15pm, the glow sets in for sure. This is going to be a great moment!
I must have taken 60 or more pictures, swapping lenses, equivalent 50 and 180mm in 24x36 format, to vary composures between changing lights and clouds.
similar picture as above but different clouds: in the shade or in the sun, blue or orange!
at some point I had to go down through the clouds for landing, unfortunately. For a few seconds, that purple or pink tone showed up to finish the scene…
last view at 6h25, the sunset is at 6h31 these days.
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