Northern winter sunset

This is when your return from a lovely day out is so well-timed that you catch a beautiful sunset.

Winter is closing in here in Manchester, and the walkway near Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop is an excellent place to watch the sun slide away. The sky is pierced with urban silhouettes, adding detail to sundown frames. Down by the canal, there’s a purple haze to the water and a few lit windows beckon you into cosy interiors.

The northern chill seems to bring more dramatic colour schemes to the darkening sky. It may no longer be warm and the nights are lengthy and dark, but isn’t that a small price to pay?…

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Tags: canal, Castlefield, Deansgate, Manchester, photography, sihouettes, sunset, sunset porn, tram, winter

12 thoughts on “Northern winter sunset”

ckponderings on November 26, 2017 at 11:20 said:

Gorgeous images, Mike. The first and third are more traditional sunset silhouettes, but the canal one really stands out for me! The colours and warmth of the shot, even though it probably wasn’t that warm, are really beautiful! :)

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 28, 2017 at 17:55 said:
  
  Thank you Richard, it was indeed freezing but well worth being out. The canal show shows a hint of my apartment block on the left… that time when people are lighting up their homes before drawing the curtains (good for the super-nosey too!)
  
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  - ckponderings on November 29, 2017 at 07:33 said:
    
    Nice! Looking directly over the canal! And yes, it’s that nice time of year when lights go on but curtains aren’t closed and you can get free decorating tips! :)
    
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    - mikeosbornphoto on November 29, 2017 at 17:41 said:
      
      Indeed, overlooking the water. I see it more as harmless perving ;)
      
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      - ckponderings on November 30, 2017 at 07:45 said:
        
        Hahaha! :)
        
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leecleland on November 22, 2017 at 09:16 said:

Wonderful purples in the sky and reflections. Glad you were there to share them with us :) Glad also that it was you out in the cold and not me.

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 22, 2017 at 12:23 said:
  
  Hahaha! Thanks Lee. I know Australia has some humdinging sunsets, but the north of England comes up with the goods sometimes :)
  
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Laura Bloomsbury on November 20, 2017 at 11:37 said:

Excellent is too mundane a word – you are one of those giant league boots photographers Mike – capturing the cold current of Northern light – that is what photography is all about and time and again I forget this!

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 20, 2017 at 20:12 said:
  
  Thank you Laura, you’re far too kind. It was fairly mundane in some ways – just in the right place at the right time as I wandered back from the tram stop!
  
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Cindy on November 20, 2017 at 10:42 said:

Absolutely beautiful Mike.

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- mikeosbornphoto on November 20, 2017 at 20:11 said:
  
  Thank you so much, Cindy :) I was lucky to catch this on my way home.
  
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agogo22 on November 20, 2017 at 00:29 said:

Reblogged this on msamba.

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