Taken just west of the West Breakwater of Brighton Marina.

After a particularly cruel winter (the coldest on record for the United Kingdom, I believe), it was warming to see the first proper sunset of the new year. Up on a very high rooftop, I steadied myself and set up my equipment, only to realise I’d left my filter set at home. This was a bit of a disappointment, but nonetheless armed with a UV filter and some time to tinker as the sun faded, I managed to snap this one.

Personally, I welcome the sun to 2011. You’ve been sorely missed.

Traveling over the hills between Falmer and Woodingdean this evening, the sunset itself was stunning enough. But as I stopped and got out to set up my shot, I thought it’d be fun to try and do a multi-focal shot of the sunset as well as the ears in the foreground. Came out quite well, I thought.

Those of you who know me well, know how much I love sunsets. This was a real “pull-over-now” moment when I saw this, and managed to capture, I think, the real warmth of the moment. I snapped 20-odd photos of this from various angles using various settings; this is by far my favourite of the bunch.

I slowed down on the way home past Littlehampton Marina again tonight, as there was the most amazing lingering sunset that I’d tried to capture at various places enroute home without must success and wondered if the view was anything like I hoped it would be. As I ambled past, I was not disappointed! I jumped out of the car with my little tripod and managed to snap this shot before the sun faded completely.

This shot is looking West towards Hove, with Chartwell Court silhouetted against the darkening skies. It took me a few moments to get my camera to work which is a shame, as some of the hues had gone by the time I was ready to start snapping. If you can imagine many more hues of oranges and reds and yellows than is present in this photo, then you’ll know what I was staring in awe at before coming to my senses and reaching for the camera.