The Daily Snap – September 16
©Darwin Wiggett
The other day when I woke up it was totally overcast and looked like it was going to rain (again!), so I headed into the office to get an early start on work. After awhile I noticed a orange glow coming through the blinds. I opened the blinds and almost crapped my undies! The sky was on fire! I knew I would have no time to gather up my ‘real’ camera gear and head out into the country for a shot. So I grabbed the G11 and ran out into the first street near my house looking east. I snapped this shot and within 5 minutes the sky was steely gray again. Ten minutes after that it was raining.
Darwin Wiggett 
September 16, 2010 at 7:17 AM
Yes that is the “Crap the sky is on Fire” photo op that I have been caught off guard too. Stunning!
September 16, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Impressive. You even got a great composition in all that rush. Looks like Armageddon.
September 16, 2010 at 8:34 AM
Wow. Love it. I took this one a while ago.
http://caseman.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/sky-of-fire/
September 16, 2010 at 8:58 AM
Wow, your shot is really nice!
Darwin
September 16, 2010 at 11:50 AM
Thank you very much!
September 16, 2010 at 10:28 AM
Stunning!
September 16, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Dang, looks like Cochrane is on fire here! Very cool sky!
September 16, 2010 at 12:08 PM
Wow, what a gorgeous sky Darwin!!! I would have ran too 🙂
September 16, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Awesome sunrise! Amazing how such stunning colours can appear for such a brief moment and be gone the next.
September 16, 2010 at 4:34 PM
That is SOME sky, Darwin! Nice composition. The row of cars and houses adds perspective and the glow on all those things is really nice!
September 17, 2010 at 8:03 AM
Holy CRAP! I missed THAT?! F me! (sorry for the language)
I am always up before sunrise. But I missed that (while being on the road).
Same thing this morning for like 3 minutes but not THAT spectacular. It was red then orange then RED AGAIN. But I knew I was too late when I was going to grab the gear so I just watched and enjoyed it.
September 20, 2010 at 7:21 AM
Outstanding!!!
December 20, 2010 at 3:14 AM
I missed this shot, because I was on vacation at the time. But what a wonderful image. Interestingly enough I shot that day (evening) a sunset that set the sky over the Baltic Sea on fire.