Crescendo!
Who can resist a great sunset?
While the sunset was the first thing that captured my attention in the above image, it was the rising then falling hill and tree line that really made me stop.
The bare branches created a beautiful design against the rapidly changing colorful sky. Even the shape of the cloud formation seemed to echo the shape of the hill and tree line.
At times like this, landscape photography can be more like fast paced action photography. I pulled the car off the side of the road and got the camera and tripod set up as quickly as I could. I was only able to get one image with the light at its peak.
It was only later that the title came to me and seemed to sum up what I was feeling and what made me stop and photograph this moment in time… the brilliant color and light of the sunset, and the hill and tree line both reached a crescendo and then quickly faded away.