The evening sun shines brightly, dyeing the city orange. After finishing today's work with my friends. [This is not a sentence. You have three choices: (1) attach it to the previous sentence, (2) attach it to the next sentence, or (3) give it a verb.] I looked out the window at the changing view. (We are riding in a car with a friend driving.)

The evening sun shines brightly, dyeing the city orange, after finishing today's work with my friends. I looked out the window and saw the changing view. (I mean, we ride in a car, and a friend is driving the car.)