Enchanted Sky Fire

I made a few adjustments. This is my new fav image.

 

Thanks for looking, and commenting.

Maravilloso colorido, bien acompa�ado.

Beautiful scene, Zach. The vivid colors in the sky that reflect off of the water are quite nice. Good work.

Absolutely Amazing - could you tell me what you did in photoshop to change it? it looks great

This is a blend of 3 exposures hand blended in PSCS3. Although, the most important part of this image is the light that was there, I've never seen anything like it. It was quite a sight to behold.

very good shot, wonderful colors 7/7

Hey Zack. I find this image truly awesome. The sky is obvious, but I am guessing a very tricky exposure given the wide range between the fore and back. Some juvenile rated a 3/4 and should behave like a grown-up. This is one of the finer images I have seen in awhile and being envious is OK, but throwing tomatoes at something this good is truly low. Please share with us where this is and if those are western larches along the banks. Thanks for this beauty!!

Thanks all.

 

Mark, this is the Enchantments in Washington state, and those are western larches. What an amazing area, and even more amazing that I got spectacular light to go with it.

 

The 3/4 seem totally ridiculous to me, I can understand that this may not be someone's cup of tea, but in my opinion this is the finest work of art I've ever produced, and I think most people would at least realize how rare something like this is to witness, and how hard it was to pull off. It probably is just someone abusing the system though, probably didn't even look at the photo, just trying to bring everyone else down in a pathetic attempt to raise their own sub standard work.

This is fantastic Zack! The most impressive and breathtaking landscape I've seen so far. Very powerful image, splendid work! Alin

Fantastic shot. Congrats!

 

7/7

I can't wait to take a look at this when I get back to my profiled monitor! This is absolutely stunning!!!!

terrific.

kudos to you :)

oh and somebody rated this as 3/4.. what a looser

Its very striking and menacing looking ! Fire in the sky it is ! Its not really my cup of tea , I like your other version better ,but 7/7 is worthy . Robert

7/7

 

Perfect Shot ...

I can see why this is your new favorite... nice shot!

Zack...great job here!! One of your best ever I think. I love the place...the trees look like they are one fire and of course the heavens are on fire too...beautiful job...your exposure is beautifully done... 7/7 from me.... and the 3/4 !!!! shows that how the rating system here is abused, regards, Rajeev. 7/7

What a beautiful shot absolutely breath taking I can only imagine what it was like to be there at that moment. This type of art work is what I strive to produce someday. Thanks for the inspiration!!! 7/7

Zack,

Photographers only dream of scenes like this to be able to capture and you've done it well. Did you change the white balance at all in post processing or did the sensor pick up these rich warm colors?

 

Zack, I agreed with you. This is the best I've seen from you, and maybe from anybody else. And that's a lot because you consistently produce amazing photos. Excellent.

Awesome!

hellow Zack I'm only can say FANTASTIC. I'm taking photographies since 1987 and I'm only 39 years old but I allways trying to find this kind of colours with the superb film Ektachrome and my old analogic camera. Now with the technics in photoshop and a good camera, if you can take the sence of the light then you can finally get this perfect saturation.

Congratulations this is one of the most beautifull pictures I never seen.

Astoundingly breathtaking! and all the other superlative adjectives used to describe this, dare I say - perfect - photograph?! I just keep staring at it in total wonderment and joy. It makes me very happy...I want to be there! Thank you for posting and sharing it w/us, Zack!

I forgot to get back to you after viewing it on my home monitor. Probably because it took me a little while to recover....

Zack,

 

Wow, what an amazing image. This could be my all time favorite from your incredible body of work. Simply spectacular!