The Last Shot of the Day

The Last Shot of the Day

There’s always the last shot of the day. That shot when you know you’re done, it’s time to walk away.

There’s a spot I go to at Silver Springs State Park to watch the sun set.

It offers an unobstructed view over a huge prairie.

Seems only fitting to watch sunsets over prairies in Illinois.

After taking this shot I started walking back to the car.

A glance over my shoulder.

There must have been a break in the clouds on the horizon that I couldn’t see. The pink/orange glow was starting to spread across the gray clouds in this shot.

I walked back to my spot, raised the camera, and…

Nothing.

Nothing happened.

The battery was dead.

I think I heard… No shit, really?

I walked backward to the car.

As I drove east, I watched in my rear view mirror as the pink/orange glow grew to cover all that is gray in the shot above.

It covered all of it.

I pointed my rear view mirror downward.

I had seen enough.

This Post Has 9 Comments

  1. This is what’s going to happen if I ever see Bigfoot!

    1. I only run into Bigfoot when I’m not carrying a camera Jim. So many missed opportunities.

  2. Beautiful sunsets/sunrises are hard to capture regardless of the camera. Like trying to stop a train or a moment in time, it seems. What you went through in not getting what you want could have been the best way to put it in the memory bank.

    1. I’m still trying to figure out all the details of this camera Walt to try to improve what I get so it comes closer to my memory of the moment. At least now I know where the battery indicator is.

  3. We have the same sunset here, but it’s over the ocean.

    Robin
    Rusty Ring: Reflections of an Old-Timey Hermit

    1. Was only out on that coast twice a long time ago Robin. Made sure when you could see the sun set over the ocean that I was there to watch it. Makes prairies look so small.

  4. To paraphrase the late philosopher Mongo, “Man is but small speck on the prairie of life”.

    1. That’s pretty impressive Olaf.

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