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Sunset's Lingering Touch

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This is my favorite picture from the trip into Rocky Mountain National Park this weekend. All at once this is a classic landscape shot from Rocky Mountain National Park. Very warm, tranquil, relaxing. It contrasts the mountains in the background against the flat grass of the valley. The whole of the picture is reflected back with the water at the bottom. The whole picture serves to highlight the beam of sunlight that highlights the trees as it fades behind the mountain.

Enough of me analyzing my picture. The scene didn't last for more than a minute or two. I have to be honest in that I stumbled upon the setting and managed to ready my camera and compose the shot. There are some minor technical issues with the picture, and I noticed similar ones in other shots from the trip... I'll have to follow up with HP and figure out what's going on.

I was realy quite happy with how this scene worked out.

10/2/4: I went in with Photoshop and softened the chromatic abberation along the ridgeline. You can still faintly see it, but now it's more in line with a higher quality lens. :)

11/2/5: I left it alone for over a year! Working on this image for a print and figured I would come back and take care of some minor work I wanted on this image. Includes a fancy new border! :)
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SpeckUrban's avatar
Simply amazing. :D
The reflection of the lake is so clear.