Thursday, April 24, 2008

RAMSEY GOLD - SKYWATCH FRIDAY

Apologises for another sunset, but small islands don't have great cityscapes. You work with what you have, so it's another Ramsey setting sun shot. It's taken from a friends flat,(a very understanding friend of this obsessive photographer, one of the rugby players from an earlier photo post) hanging out the upstairs window. Probably not the safest way to capture a sunset, but I didn't want half a window frame obscuring the view. The harbour front buildings and scaffolding I kept in, and refrained from cropping, simply because they are integral to the overall image, a slice of Ramsey.

Anyone want to learn another language? Do you fancy speaking a little Manx this weekend? You do? Then I have just the link for you. If your're game, then try this link - LEARN MANX
It's a wonderful colourful site dedicated to all things Manx. From the beautiful language, lastest news, a diary of events, puzzles, historical content and more, you'll find it at LEARN MANX
A special mention must go to my good friend, and radio star,"Manx Language Officer for the Manx Heritage Foundation," Adrian Cain. The details for contacting Adrian, for all your Manx Language needs, can be found on the site. Contact him, he won't bite, well only in Manx.

If you want to particpate in skywatch see Tom at WIGGERS WORLD.
Only genuine skywatchers need apply. None of your advertising for sales sites please. This is for enthusiasts only and hosted by Tom of the fabulous WIGGERS WORLD

58 comments:

imac said...

Beautiful burning sky.

come see mine and the goat man too.

Anonymous said...

This is a fantastic and amazing sky!
Almost as if it was on fire.
Very impressive.

Anonymous said...

Very warm photo!! I love the color in this photo :)

Anonymous said...

No apology is needed. I like the sunset and the contrasts in everything in the photo from sky and land to colors. Nice shot.

mrsnesbitt said...

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooh!
I Your photographs make me so eager to come over....not long now. We have stage 2 of animal vaccination next week then everybody is sorted. Don't let me forget the cat needs her injection too!

SandyCarlson said...

No apologies for such images of beauty! Thanks so much for sharing this.

Uma por Dia said...

You can post how many as you like like these!!!
Lol

Juliana RW said...

wow...nice sky...

Will you visit mine Thanks

Anonymous said...

beautiful orange sky...

Please check out mine Thanks

Irredento Urbanita said...

you don't have to apologize, that photo is poetry. That colour is like a smooth energy.

Greetings from Barcelona

Valery

http://bcndailyphoto.blogspot.com

Rune Eide said...

The foreground usually makes the picture - even if you have to hang out the window! It seems to have been worth it.

Interesting about the language - I did,'t know it was that Gaelic. I thought the old Norse presence would have left a clearer impression. Oh, well...

Anonymous said...

Wow, cool sunset!

VĂ­ Leardi said...

Stunning photo.Keep going... very talented photographer.

Champ Townboy said...

I love this shot!! Hang out the window anytime!!

Rose said...

Don't apoligize for such a beautiful sunset...I think we would all take one of those every day of the week.

Neva said...

truly .....if I had a sunset like this every evening, I would take tons of photos! Nice shot!
I posted my favorite great nephew's face.....come see him! and thanks for the nice comments!

Janet said...

You don't need cityscapes to photograph with a sky like that! Beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Small island great shot.

Louis la Vache said...

Louis is with the other readers - post as many of these as you wish! Marvelous fire-filled sky!

Louis thanks you for your kind comments at his "San Francisco Bay Daily Photo"!

Small City Scenes said...

There are NEVER too many sunsets. Just gorgeous---colors fantastic. MB

Daniel J Santos said...

Amazing colors, fantastic.

J. Andrew Lockhart said...

I love every part of this photo! the color, the angle, etc. :)

Tom said...

Well captured... beautiful colours on show as well. Jane says the next time you go to a Rugby Player flat can see come to... the thought of men in shorts have set her off now.. ha!

Anonymous said...

Flaming orange.Who needs a cityscape.

Marie said...

I love this photo!

irish daisies said...

impressive!love the colors

Anonymous said...

Don't think it is possible to tire of beautiful sunsets. Oh and I love the link to the Learn Manx site.

JAMJARSUPERSTAR said...

You don't have to apologize for the supposed excess of sunsets. There are so few beautiful ones here that I like to view them!
Ciao

http://scarletsculturegarden.blogspot.com
http://jamjarsuperstar.blogspot.com

Petrea Burchard said...

That's a stunning shot, babooshka.

Lilli & Nevada said...

Just beautiful

♥ Stines hverdag said...

Beautiful sunset! It looks like the sky is burning...

Angie said...

No need to apologise, this is just absolutely gorgeous.

Chris said...

Greetings from Nashville!
I wanted to let you know I stopped by and have been enjoying your photos!

Please excuse that I'm cutting and pasting this comment, but since my right arm (my writing arm!) is still in a sling, typing is pretty difficult, so I really haven't been able to make comments.

Have a great weekend!
Chris

Sherry said...

This is a glorious photo, awesome color!

Anonymous said...

No need to apologize for such a lovely sky! Amazing color...

Marie said...

You don't have to apologize. This photo is fantastic! The sky is on fire.

Craver Vii said...

"Stunning" seems to be the right word, and I see that it has been used already. So if you can apologize for using another sunset, I will apologize for being redundant to describe it.

I started to look at the language thing, then chickened out. But if you insert a one-word lesson here and there, we might have something.

Pappy said...

Babooshka, Glad you came by today. That really is a firey sunset. Come back soon.

LoĂ¯c BROHARD said...

Fantastic photo. I am really glad I found your blog via Paris Daily Photo. There are some great photo of beautiful Isle of Man (I still have to create a blog roll on mine ! and will need to put your URL!) Loic
http://brohardphotography.blogspot.com
http://www.photo.net/photos/Loic Brohard

Anonymous said...

Honey, that's an OMG Photo. Come on over to Arizona. The sky here would embrass your skilled hands.

Isle Of Man, cool name.

Pernille said...

Absolutly fantastic! Wow!

Have a lovely weekend:)

Unknown said...

This is a fantastic sky shot!

Neal said...

That's beautiful...just beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Great shot..
A wonderful picture to look and to admire.
- Cheers.

FO - 2 said...

WOW! :)
Great colours.
Beautiful! :)

Belgrade Daily Photo said...

Beautiful picture, and I love your user name. Whenever I see it I hear that song and see Kate Bush in a...what was she wearing in that video, a gladiator-inspired bikini? :)

Tanya Breese said...

Wow, absolutely beautiful!

Cheltenhamdailyphoto said...

Fantastic sky....sigh...

 gmirage said...

A golden sky, almost burning! Wonderful!

Southern Heart said...

Absolutely stunning, breathtaking photo!

Petunia said...

Love this photo:)

Petunia's ABC

Ming the Merciless said...

Awesome photo of the sky. The color is mesmerizing.

Lake Lady said...

We can never get too many sunsets, especially when captured as well as you do!

Alan said...

Quite a golden sunset. A lack of skyscrapers is not a bad thing. And leaning out a window is no worse than snapping a photo out of a car window while traveling 60 mpg in traffic - not that I'd ever do that of course, no... :)

Anonymous said...

Wow - what a stunning picture of the sky

Anonymous said...

That is stunning. One of the advantages of small island living I guess - you don't see many of those here in the city (especially through the rainclouds, lol!).

Anonymous said...

Great shot, it looks like fire…

Lake Lady said...

Re-visiting and found the link about the Manx language. I was just about to ask you to post a clip for us to hear, but see that you had already given us the opportunity. Beautiful language to hear, but must be very hard to learn to speak! Thanks again for the education!

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