Purple Sunset by Barry S Moore

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29-MAY-2013	Barry Moore

The cloud bank was just right to get a purple shade to
this sunset - Taken May 29, 2013
Copyright - Barry S Moore

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS20
1/320s f/6.4 at 86.0mm iso160 at maximum optical and nearly full digital zoom. Not cropped full exif

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All photographs are copyright of Barry S Moore, Sydney Australia

Gervan		18-Mar-2014 18:22
Fabulous! V.

Barry S Moore		01-Jun-2013 11:06
The purple may be because the camera sensor is overwhelmed with the Infrared of the Sun. The camera has an infrared blocking filter but half the suns energy is in the infrared band. The visible light is attenuated by the cloud and air significantly but not as much in the infrared.

sue anne		01-Jun-2013 03:02
Wow that is a first of a purple sunset to see. V

Marisa Livet		31-May-2013 20:01
What an amazing sun you have in Australia! The exposure is really well controlled

Barry S Moore		30-May-2013 11:59
I took this with the Panasonic travel zoom. it has a optical zoom to 24x and pushed in digital will do 48x. I took a few different shots to get the exposure just right and was pleasant rewarded.

woody34		30-May-2013 01:07
Wow., what a magnificent capture, Barry...there are so many colours in that image ,it's outstanding...V