Orange Skies – Santa Monica Pier

March 3, 2026

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This photo is of the Ferris wheel at the Santa Monica Pier Amusement Park.

I love sunsets when there are no clouds in the sky. You get nice, even colors that are easy to tweak.

Shot with the Canon 5Dmkii and the 24-70mm f2.8L USM lens. I tweaked the exposure in Lightroom. Created a silhouette and shifted the sky to be more orange than it already was. A very simple composition and color edit leaning into what was already there.

Even by today’s standards, the Canon 5D Mark II is still a fantastic camera. I’m glad I kept it all these years.