Starfish Sunset

A few days ago I went down to the beach with Araya's camera and my GorillaPod, to take some sunset photos.  Araya kindly let me borrow her camera, because mine is broken. =( Her camera has superb live-view, which is very useful when your tripod is standing in three inches of water.  The intent was for me to stay dry (by not having to lay in the water to see through the viewfinder) but I was laying on the shore, looking through the live-view, and a big wave came up, and I was soaked.  Araya was not exactly super pleased that her camera strap was wet, but I kept the camera dry (and she could have rinsed it off it I didn't- her camera's very water resistant).

The intense color of the sunset reminded me that God has great taste! He must have had so much fun creating the sunset! If He can make such a vast stretch of the sky so beautiful, he can surely take our little needs.

Technicalities
Pentax K30
18-55 mm Pentax-Synaptic lens
f22
shutter speed 11 secondso
ISO 100

Thanks Araya for letting me use your camera!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alpine Flowers of the Beartooth

Phlox

About 3 weeks ago we went to the Beartooth Wilderness Area.  There were vast fields of wild flowers covering 100s of acres. At night no light blemished the vast fields of stars.  This is God's country. 

Aster

At almost 11,000 feet, the Beartooth Highway is one of the most highest passes in America.  Most of the flowers up there are smaller then a penny.  And there is not a tree in sight.  All you can seen vast meadows of yellow, orange, pink and blue in a nest of green.

Phlox

God taught me a lesson with the little alpine flowers.  This can good even when they are small. 

Aster

If you are just driving you are driving by at 60 mph, all it looks like is a blur of green.  But when you get out, and get on your knees, you can see all the little blessings there that God planted there for you and me.

Aster

American Bistort

Marsh Marigold

Alpine Buttercup

Aster

Indian Paintbrush

Alpine Forget-Me-Nots

I'll never forget them!