Canadian Geographic Photo Club - Prairie Sunset
  

Prairie Sunset

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by Clifford Dupuis from Calgary CA on 23 Sep 2025
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As the sun dips below the horizon, painting the Alberta prairie in hues of gold and amber, an eastbound grain train highballs across the open plains as it slices through the fading light.

  • Camera: NIKON Z 5
  • Focal: 26.5 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.0015625 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 8
tagged: alberta prairie train sunset evening nature outdoors scenery railway transportation vehicle sky rolling_stock transport rail_transport track locomotive horizon landscape brown railroad_car

5 comments


Debra Plett posted 2025-09-27 7:09pm

Absolutely stunning image Clifford. I agree with everyone. Simply magical. You have something very special here.

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hmellon posted 2025-09-27 4:55pm

You captured the magic hour of lighting perfectly in this shot, Clifford. Like a train coming through a dream state.. just an awesome image in every way!

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perkyleb posted 2025-09-25 2:09pm

Fabulous, Clifford. I love the line of the train echoing the lines in the sky. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

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Yves Langlois posted 2025-09-24 3:56am

Terrific description Clifford. The poetry writer in me love it. You must have some kind of link with those long trains crossing a landscape. Awesome photo. The simplicity of the compo and colour tones is magic. The poetic pale sky strongly hilight the long line of the train vanishing at the sunset point. Clearly the front page of a specialised magazine.

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Radar posted 2025-09-24 12:07am

Hard to choose: The description of what the lens captured, or the photo itself. A lovely shot. That fading light creates a feeling of separation and isolation.

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