Black Canyon Sunset by pflaume

Black Canyon Sunset

Since I am new to HDR, I wanted to try my hand at a sunset capture. I headed to a look out point near my home and hoped for some color in the sky. Lucky for me, the sunset didn't disappoint! My husband, who had come along to keep me company, and I stood in awe of the beauty. This is 5 bracketed shots processed in Photomatix's 32 bit LR Plugin. (I love that program! So easy and a very natural looking result.) I am delighted with the color and detail throughout.
WOW!
May 7th, 2014  
Wow this is absolutely incredible, reminds me of Alexis Birkell. You keep getting better and better! Fav
May 7th, 2014  
@lauramalone82 Thank you, Laura!
May 7th, 2014  
@cazla Oh my, Cazla. That is the most amazing compliment. Thank you!!!
May 7th, 2014  
Gorgeous shot Lisa. Lovely colors, sunburst, reflections and scene. FAV
May 7th, 2014  
@moxy Thank you so much, Shelley! I'm glad you like it!
May 7th, 2014  
Holy moly!! A fav!
May 7th, 2014  
Wow, this is gorgeous! Wonderful composition, light and color! Picture Perfect!
May 7th, 2014  
This is a lovely HDR shot. So natural looking with great light and color.
May 7th, 2014  
Kim
What a lovely landscape and capture of the sunset and cloud reflection in the river.
May 7th, 2014  
Pea
My goodness, wow, what a stunning image Lisa. Beautifully processed - big fav!
May 7th, 2014  
Great work and it IS subtle HDR... Which I like
May 7th, 2014  
Lee
Beautiful shot.
May 7th, 2014  
Fantastic shot
May 7th, 2014  
Lisa its brilliant - great HDR work - fav
May 7th, 2014  
This is gorgeous!
May 7th, 2014  
Beautiful image! I aspire to your processing skills... alas, a long way to go.
May 7th, 2014  
beautiful capture
May 7th, 2014  
Wonderful clear detailed shot. Great colours. Fav.
May 7th, 2014  
Love it! FAV
May 8th, 2014  
Gorgeous! HDR is on my list of about a million things to try. It really brings out the color and detail!
May 8th, 2014  
Fabulous view and capture, great tones. Love the way the river is meandering off into the distance and that cloud reflected in the water.
May 8th, 2014  
Gorgeous!!
May 8th, 2014  
Spectacular shot!
May 8th, 2014  
The colors in this photo are truly spectacular so much subtly in color and textural variety to the ground. What state is this in, its beautiful?
FAV
May 8th, 2014  
Awesome shot and lighting Fav
May 8th, 2014  
Amazing!!
May 8th, 2014  
Very dramatic:)
May 8th, 2014  
Love you angle on this and the wonderful colors and also the sun flare. Fav for me, Lisa.
May 8th, 2014  
I didn't know Photomatix had a LR Plug in! Off to have a look..
Oh, and this is spectacular. Love your work, sister!!!
May 8th, 2014  
stunning, beautifully done
May 8th, 2014  
Fantastic, stunning image. An instant fav.
May 8th, 2014  
Stunning
May 8th, 2014  
dang that's good
May 8th, 2014  
Beautiful! I love the sky and sunburst.
May 8th, 2014  
Beautifully done!
May 8th, 2014  
A NatGeo appearance!A Big FAV!
May 8th, 2014  
Super... and another Fav!
May 8th, 2014  
Wonderful!
May 8th, 2014  
wow
May 8th, 2014  
Stunning result! Wonderful colours and texture ... and that sun! Awesome!
May 8th, 2014  
This is STUNNING! fav for me
May 8th, 2014  
Fabulous! fav
May 8th, 2014  
Wonderful shot, Lisa. The reflection is so gorgeouos.
May 8th, 2014  
Fantastic image ! Sorry I missed this Lisa. So amazingly beautiful!
May 8th, 2014  
Lisa, this is jaw-dropping gorgeous! FAV!
May 8th, 2014  
Outstanding photo... fav!
May 8th, 2014  
Wow...the view, light and colours are incredible. Fav!
May 8th, 2014  
WoW!! Stunning! Big FAV!!
May 8th, 2014  
Wow! Beautiful colours. What a capture!
May 8th, 2014  
Outstanding capture Lisa, Amazing...FAV.
May 8th, 2014  
Nice shot :)
May 8th, 2014  
Fabulous Lisa, I especially love the reflection of the swirling cloud, perfect timing. Really must give this HDR thing a go but I'm sure it won't be easy to get a result as natural and perfect at this! Fav.
May 8th, 2014  
Stunning Lisa! Well done on the hdr ad it's so tempting to overdo it. Fab
colours. Fav!
May 8th, 2014  
Great work! Congrats! I am still trying it out.
May 8th, 2014  
Fav, perfect sunset, the colours are exquisite & that bust is perfect
May 8th, 2014  
Beautiful view!
May 8th, 2014  
Wow spectacular image love the colours big fav
May 8th, 2014  
Fantastic - love the colours and the textures in the ground
May 8th, 2014  
fantastic colors and great details !
May 8th, 2014  
Wow - wonderful capture
May 8th, 2014  
Fantastic shot and processing. Fav
May 8th, 2014  
Oh wow, just stunning!
May 8th, 2014  
Stunning!
May 8th, 2014  
great dynamic range
May 8th, 2014  
Ahh,gorgeous! Absolutely fav for me!
May 8th, 2014  
@radiogirl Thank you so much! So happy you like the photo! This is in Boise, Idaho. Where are you located?
May 8th, 2014  
@tomtom Thank you so much, Andrew! Definitely check out the LR Plug in option. It is only $29 and does a great job. This is a website and tutorials about it. http://www.essenceinphotography.com/perfect-hdr-photography/
May 8th, 2014  
Simply stunning Lisa, just love it...FAV
May 8th, 2014  
It is fabulous! And it doesn't look HDR which is a real success in my book - just great details right the way through.
May 8th, 2014  
Wow, this is awesome. Great view and capture on this beautiful canon and river. Fav.
May 8th, 2014  
Stunning!
May 8th, 2014  
Fantastic HDR, and the sun rays look amazing too
May 8th, 2014  
Lovely colors and processing!
May 8th, 2014  
This is gorgeous Lisa! You have quickly mastered this technique! fav
May 9th, 2014  
A FAV...wow!!!
May 9th, 2014  
I actually tired to fav this again...not on purpose! Love it. Thanks for all your lovely visits, comments and fav's.
May 9th, 2014  
@pflaume I'm located in Northern Ontario Canada.
May 9th, 2014  
Incredible shot Lisa. Fav
May 9th, 2014  
Stunning. Definitely need to get photomatix again xx
May 9th, 2014  
All I can say is 'WOW'.
Incredible! Fav.

May 10th, 2014  
Absolutely stunning! Fav
May 10th, 2014  
Tia
Wow wow wow! Just stunning! Fav
May 11th, 2014  
stunning photo
May 11th, 2014  
What an incredible shot!
May 11th, 2014  
Soooo stunning!! Big time fav.
May 11th, 2014  
SUPER stunner! Well done.
May 11th, 2014  
My oh my! The colors are otherworldly! Fav!
May 12th, 2014  
This is so beautiful! Really great HDR. I have started using luminosity masks recently and manually blending the exposures but Photomatix is what I usually use... you get some great results. Fav
May 12th, 2014  
And so you should be delighted Lisa - it is a stunner! Fav
May 12th, 2014  
All I can say is Wow! And maybe one more thing. Why isn't this on the PP?
May 12th, 2014  
I just had to have another look because I love it - wish I could fav again!
May 13th, 2014  
A great shot and wonderful view.
May 14th, 2014  
Amazing and huge fav
May 14th, 2014  
Glorious sunset view and so much detail. Wonderful capture Lisa.
May 15th, 2014  
Just gorgeous!!
May 15th, 2014  
WOW!!! I need to practice some HDR. I have only taken two attempts and they were awful...now you have inspired me to give it another 'shot' haha
May 16th, 2014  
Fabulous!
May 16th, 2014  
Lisa, this is one image that really deserves to be in the top 20 this week. You have great talent, my friend! I wish I could have faved it twice. Or more :)
May 16th, 2014  
Congrats on TT! Lisa magic once again!
May 16th, 2014  
Super fav.. so magical love this so much Lisa.
May 16th, 2014  
FAbulous for TT!! So glad for you...congrats!
May 17th, 2014  
Thanks for letting us all stand there with you! Fav!
May 17th, 2014  
The sky is so beautiful, so is the landscape! Congrats on the TT!
May 17th, 2014  
Congrats on #3!
May 17th, 2014  
Congrats on the TT - well deserved, Lisa!
May 17th, 2014  
whoa!! fabulous shot. fav.
May 17th, 2014  
CONGRATULATIONS Lisa! Very well deserved!
May 18th, 2014  
Congrats. Have only just discovered this jaw droppingly good shot. Fav
May 18th, 2014  
Congrats on the TT this is just stunning!!! :)
May 18th, 2014  
great lighting of a beautiful scene
May 18th, 2014  
This is absolutely incredible!! Congrats on the top 10 :)
May 19th, 2014  
fantastic. congrats on tt. fav.
May 21st, 2014  
@libertylady @pocketmouse @wearing0 @willowdragon @trishaclancy @skipt07 @mchartwig @kareenking @soboy5 @velina @edorreandresen @eyesmile @mzzhope @jerwinkie @tomtom My apologies in being so remiss in responding to you all. Heartfelt thanks for your very kind comments. This is one of my all time favorite images so I am delighted to know you enjoyed it, too!
May 21st, 2014  
Stunning! fave
May 28th, 2014  
Breathtaking.
July 28th, 2014  
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