Leon Turnbull Photography

Lately I’ve gotten back into jogging after work along the American River Parkway. And on top of that, my wife has gotten me into this thing called the Daily Plate. I’ve never counted calories in my entire life until now. But this Daily Plate thing is kinda cool, and I do need to lose some weight. So all is good. So far.

After my jog the other day, I decided to stick around the river for sunset. The clouds were looking pretty nice and it was going to be a spectacular sunset. Yeah, right. It turned out to be a bit of a dud. Once I got down to the river’s edge, a lot of the nice clouds seemed to have disappeared, except for a few. And there was a fog bank or something on the horizon that I couldn’t see, so once the sun had set, the color died very quickly. Such is the life of a landscape photographer. This is the shot I got before the color was all gone. This spot is right close to where I work, and it is a nice one. I have tried this spot for sunset before, and no doubt will try again. The footing along the edge is a bit tricky though (especially with jogging shoes on), but I managed to not take a dive into the river this time.