Sun sets along the Middle Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park while a fellow tourist takes a moment to contemplate the area

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Sunset through the grass along the Pacific Coast

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Phantom Ship at Crater Lake

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Moraine Lake at sunset

1.13.18 - Almost 12 years after I took this photo it's still my most popular on Flickr. I decided finally today to replace the old 700 pixel photo (lol) with something more attuned to today's display technology!

Update: Since this is my most popular photo, many people have asked me if I photoshopped the hell out of it or how I got the colors so vibrant and captured the range of exposures here. For one - I used a circular polarizer that allowed me to keep the shutter open longer - which obviously saturates the photo, and really added to the reflection you see in the lake. The lake really is that color, mostly from the amount of glacial silt that is suspended in the lake. I used a very light graduated neutral density filter for the top part of the image to keep the range intact, but the light on the mountains really looked that beautiful and soft.

As for photoshop, I added a slight amout of contrast, while just barely lighting up the darker elements.

Thank you all for your wonderful comments.

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Amazing evening on Crater Lake National Park

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