Ribbon of fire

Just came back from Mammoth Lakes, CA. We had clouds on Sunday and

then nothing until Thursday night. It was really blowing out there,

so we almost decided not to turn off of Highway 395. Good thing we

did. It was an amazing site. Funny thing was that there was only

one other photographer out there. We just kept on shaking our heads

with disbelief at the beauty of the moment. Lots of fun...

 

You can see more pictures from the trip at

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It is pure pleasure to see photos like that one.Absolutely outstanding...Great work.Regards Dominik K.

Hi Gregory

Wow what a capture. This is awesome. I love the color and the reflection. The sun rays, I mean what else can you say.

The beauty is unreal. Super shot. T

Magical moment, magical shot.6(it seems me inclined)/7(Magical)

Crazy...intense

It possible to make 3 shots from details of this one.Too much reflections,textures,perfect colours gathered in one shot.Composition is great too.7/7

Excellent capture of a very nice sunset with magical light effects. The composition is great. Wish to see a beautiful sky like that with this superb landscape.

I wish I had been there - incredible photo and probably unbelievable in person.

When nature decided to give you a rare show like this, you better be ready. And apparently you were. Once in a lifetime shot. Absolutely breathtaking. Except for one small nit: the horizon is slightly tilted to the right.

But not real, of course. It's too "photoshopped".

stunning colors

Wonders of nature capture here so well! Great photo 7/7!!

stunning shot!

A wonderful moment...well done a greatly composed...stunning shot

This is an awesome shot. One question: Is there other light source to light the white rocks? They should have been dark. Anyway, The exposure is perfect and well captured.

It looks unreal. Beautiful!!

Stunning color and amazing light rays.super job!

Simply beautiful.

very nice, but the lighting on the rock is too obviously edited.

This is a great shot. 7/7

Did you alter the photo any or is this how it came out? Either way, great photo.

wonderfull!!

Great subject and color! But it looks like it needs to be rotated about 0.5 degree or so CCW. Still a nice photograph. Regards.

This image sure looks beautiful - would it be too much to ask for you to post a small version of the unedited photo? This might sound negative and sceptical, but it is not. I would just like to find out how much share the universe and mother nature have in this. Cheers.

Thanks everyone for all of your kind and constructive comments. I appreciate all of the feedback. I recieved many comments about post processing. Here is a quick overview of what I did. I shoot with a Canon 10D in RAW format. The image is a composite of 3 bracketed images (1 stop up and down). After combining the images, most of my effort was toward enhancing the contrast (which also enhanced the saturation). I also worked on enhancing the contrast between the tufa and the background hills. I would agree that the tufa pops out a little too much and I intend to tone down the lightening there. Lastly, I sharpened. Please email me if anyone is interested in more detail. I intend to continue working on improving this image. That sunset was truely special. I was very lucky to be there. Thanks again for all your comments.

 

-Greg