One of the delightful things one can do with a zoom lens is capture different areas of the sky, and bring different things to bear more prominently at different zooms.
Early on in Germany, when I did my first intentional photography, black and white with a darkroom watching the images materialize before my eyes in the solution, I took a series of photos of a forest, of a trail, of a log on the trail, of the log up close (all so far with the log centered in the photo) and then one shot of the trail beyond the log.
I liked the imagery of one focusing in on something on the path of life, being more and more absorbed in it until one finally was able to look beyond it to the rest of the coming path.
The sunsets are spectacular for me in these past weeks.
I love this progression of one that I took recently:
There was a great spot on the horizon, a touch of orange amidst the hues of blue.
But closer the orange is still more powerful as to dominate at least half the photo.
And the final view, shows the sky on fire with oranges ricocheting off the clouds.
And there will be many beautiful sunsets. And I will play with many of them to say something of how God put the world together full of wonder and delights!
Of course, this is the greatest kind of light, specular light, making it’s way into each photos in spades and joy.