As I often spend most of my time indoors, one of the changes I’ve made since coming to Long Beach has been to try and take pictures of the sunset everyday from my dorm. I wanted to compile these pictures to show the story of the sky in Long Beach on a day to day, with the most interesting phenomena being that the sky will light up bright gray when its early in the morning.
I think my pictures adequately capture the vivid colors and contrasts that the sky emits. It also gives a linear progression throughout the different seasons that reflects the story accurately.
Individually, I think the 4th picture in the collage is the best, as it has the most colors present. A close runner up would be the last picture, as it shows a sort of vibrant energy even in the dead of night.
I think the first picture, though the sky is mostly covered by clouds, is very important to the collage while also not being very striking in itself. Not only does the picture set up a baseline on which the rest of the pictures can carry, but also gives a frame to reference the last image to: they are close in brightness yet distant in expectation.
I think next time, I would want to get a new sunrise picture with a clear sky, to better contrast the clear skies of sunset that are commonly present in the pictures.
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