Alpenglow, Mission Mountains

Looks possibly a bit over saturated. The exposure isn't balanced - the dark areas are too dark. I would probably shoot two exposures and blend them.

I'm pretty sure that's just the unedited RAW file. I'll go back and check. But that's how the scene looked, it was pretty much dark except for the alpenglow. I don't do HDR. Looks cheap.

Hey Mike, don't you know better than to post a picture that looks like it really looked. We pay tons of money on software to make our shots look like something out of a movie set, not real life. Haha.

Haha Jon, thanks. Yeah IMHO, HDR almost always makes the photo look worse. Shadows create mood. This is the RAW from DPP, no adjustments. The first was processed in LR5 using the Camera Landscape setting. A bit too much pink in the LR5 version, IMHO. The problem, I think, is that this is just how Montana rolls. By far the most spectacular state in the lower 48.

I think it looks great.

Montana Rocks! well done Mike…..

Nice Mike! I once saw light that orange in Moab once. It was winter, and light peeked underneath the storm clouds 2 minutes before sunset. It was spectacular!

Thanks for sharing your photograph,
Bryan

Mike55 wrote in post #16597721
The problem, I think, is that this is just how Montana rolls. By far the most spectacular state in the lower 48.

I'll second that!

Great moment. Thanks.

i like it