James, over at Newton Area Photo hosts a fun meme called Weekend Reflections.
Grab a camera and play along.
And even if you don’t join us, be sure to check out James’ dazzling photos.
Last Saturday, Thom, Jientje & I went to Waikiki and Jientje treated us to dinner and a sunset at Duke’s.
Quilly is the pseudonym of Charlene L. Amsden, who lives in the Pacific Northwest. When she is not doing book reviews or creating curriculum literature units, she is working on writing the next great American novel. You may visit her writing blog at http://charlene-amsden.com. Quilly is the pseudonym of Charlene L. Amsden, who lives in the Pacific Northwest. When she is not doing book reviews or creating curriculum literature units, she is working on writing the next great American novel. You may visit her writing blog at http://charlene-amsden.com. 
I have NEVER seen a sun behave like THAT in the water! That is just amazing!
Melli, with my naked eye all I saw was a path of light, but this is what my camera saw. The only editing I did to this photo was to straighten the horizon. Everything else I left as my camera recorded it.
A wonderful surprise, cameras have a way of showing us things we cannot see…
It’s a gorgeous shot!!
Mar — that’s what Amoeba said.
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Are you feeling better now, I sure hope so.
I am hearing that there was a terrible rash of food poisoning from Duke’s last Saturday. Dont’ you wish? That would explain your being so sick.
Your sunset reflection picture is great. I guess for that the water is too smooth for surfing. I don’t see any.
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Jim — I am better now and since Jientje & Thom didn’t get sick I don’t believe we can blame it on Duke’s.
That was nice of her to treat you and Thom to dinner! And what a splendid photo!
Gigi — it was very nice of her to treat us to dinner and we very much appreciated it.
What an amazing shot! Never seen the sun reflected like that! Beautiful!
Betty — growing up I often saw the sun reflected in the lake, but never quite like this. I keep wondering if this could have been a reflection in the clear lens cover I have over my actual camera lens.
Now that is a really spectacular shot. Glad you all had a great time together.
Kay — thank you.
so, even the sun was feeling a bit green….
hope you have completely recovered.
VioletSky — apparently so — and I am mending, thank you.
Beautiful sunset!
Wonderful photo!
This is AMAZINGLY beautiful and intriguing, too.
Cieldequimper — as I said in a comment above, I believe it was a reflection made by the double lenses on my camera.
Gorgeous.
Long Overdue
Nessa — thank you.
Beautiful Shot Quilly, really like the green reflection in the water.
Bill — thank you.
Oh my, that is just too beautiful for words. :0
Akelamalu — – thank you.
Wow, the green event! (I know, I know, Amoeba)
Doug — you mean even the sun’s reflection obeys him! Wow! Maybe I should consider paying more attention? …[shakes head] … Naw!
What a spectacular shot!
Maribeth — thank you.
That is gorgeous!
Dimple — thank you.
Quilly, I am as astonished as everyone else! that is soooo unusual! Great shot! Have a great weekend! And say hello to Jientje!
Mary — thank you — and Jientje should be in Chicago by now. We saw her through security at the airport (that’s as far as they let us go), then waited until about an hour after her flight left, and we’ve not heard from her so we’re assuming she’s safely on her way to her next adventure.
What a gorgeous shot of a gorgeous scene. As everyone else said, I have never seen a sunset reflection quite like that. Beautiful.
Barbara — I don’t believe the reflection was on the water. I think it was on my camera lens.
I LOVE it when the camera hands over a surprise! This is one heck of a photo Quilly; it’s amazing.
Susan — I have a clear glass lens protector. I believe the reflection was formed between it and the actual lens of my camera. However it came to be, it looks pretty darn cool.
Spectacular.
So does this mean green is the new orange?! LOL
Linda, would you believe that questions are the new answers?
That green sun makes the most unusual and delightful reflection image! Great capture!
Diane — thank you.
Spectacular Quilly.
John — thank you.
A green reflection… so very different! I wonder why the camera saw it that way?
Karen — I am not wholly certain, but as I explained in several comments above, I believe it might have something to do with light bouncing between my camera lens and my clear glass lens cover.
That is with out a doubt one of the most stunning photos I have ever seen. Well done
Thom — thank you. I rather liked your shots of the same scene.
What a groovy cool shot! I read in some of the comments that this isn’t what your eye saw at the time. I think that’s very interesting that this is how your camera interpretted the scene. Is this digital or film? I wonder what it would have “looked like” in the other form. Interesting, very interesting. So that’s why I never seem to look as good in pictures as I think I look in the mirror. LOL
Cherie — I used a digital camera — and the camera flattens things and “widens” them, hence the maxium that the camera adds 10 pounds.
I have posted other photos from this series of shots.
Thom posted photos he took just after i shot these.
Simply gorgeous!
Nicole — thank you.
Cool shot! Such a curious reflection of the sun on the water
Sure hope you’re feeling better!
Shelley — I am feeling much better, thank you, and the explanation for the reflection is in about half-a-dozen of the comments above.
lens flare or not, it looks spectacular and breathtaking.
Polona — I thought so! Thank you.
Now this is a truely dazzling photo. I love it!!!!!! Wow!
James, it dazzled me, too, and I took it!
This is stunning! Really, what an amazing shot. Just beautiful.
Woah! Way, way cool! It might be even MORE cool if it’s an internal reflection. Just thinking about the angles needed for this to happen… very very cool. Thanks for sharing this!