The town of Funchal, Madeira, rises steeply from the coast into the mountains behind. Mornings tend to be clear skies, with clouds rolling in throughout the afternoon in the heat, blanketing the hills and giving real mood.
This is a multi-shot panoramic photograph of a most incredible sunset, seen from Bradgate Park near Loughborough in Leicestershire. The clouds were drawing in, thick and dark, threatening rain. The sun, peaking through, a flare, illuminated the clouds around it as if they were on fire. One brief flame and then it was gone.
