Amazeing Matterhorn Sunset

Hi..I´d seen some really nice shots of the Matterhorn reflected in a lake so I went to see if I could find it and take some shots of my own. Well the lake is called "Riffelsee" and it´s 1100m above Zermatt, there is a small train that goes up the mountain but I walked up and spent the night by the lake.This isn´t Riffelsee it´s a small lake just below which I liked better, if you come with the train you can´t see it´s there. The day was a bit grey and cloudy but I hoped it would be a clear morrning so I could get the first sun on the mountain. I never expected there would be such an amazeing sunset, the ones from the morrning are OK a little too much wind, I like the ones of the sun set better, here´s two I edited on my laptop in the car last night so I hope they look OK.

I hope you like them and thanks for looking

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you just keep shooting gems don't you?
Lovely work - I think my preference is the second one, richer colours, but both are great.

I really like the first one!

Reflections can look a bit trite, but this has real impact and gorgeous colours. It "feels" like a cold mountain.

Brilliant!

Usually there's never a sunset when you need one - well not in England anyway!

I like the colors of the first version better. Second one is just a little bit too much color for me. Great shots! One day I'll get there as well

Maybe next year

Excellent shot. Well composed. The first one has nice range. You may want to warm up and boost the exposure on the mid ground a bit.

Superb. First one for me.

Your shots this summer have been tremendous.

awsome shot! i really like both but if i have to choose, i'd choose the first one.

Beautiful captures. The first one manages to look beautiful but desolate and cold. I am however surprised that there was no ice on the peaks to reflect any of the glow.

Well thanks for all your positive coments, I´m glad you liked the shots. Here´s one before it all turned red.

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Beautiful shots/place. Being a hiker myself, i think i would have spent 2 nights there. Great shots!

I like the last one best. Excellent job capturing a balance between the sky and reflection.

Great shots! It almost looks like a post apocalyptic landscape

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I like the last one best. Excellent job capturing a balance between the sky and reflection.

+1 -- I see that one on a wall.

I actually think the first two are a bit on the dark side...the shadow detail is primarily gone. The last one has more detail and is IMO a more pleasing image. If anything, I'd keep the detail of the last image, but tone down the sky ever so slightly.

damn, the first picture was sick