Sky Fire

I had the privilege to spend a 7 day (solo) back-country trip in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in BC during mid September 2010. On my first evening there, I hiked 1.5 km from my campsite to Sunburst Lake to take some sunset images of Mt Assiniboine with the rising moon reflecting on the lake. When dusk arrived, I started to pack up my gear, I looked up in the direction of the setting sun, and was shocked to see this unique light show! It reminded me of an aurora display! During my stay at Assiniboine, the grizzly activity was "high". I ran into a mother and cubs earlier that day! It was an amazing feeling to be next to that lake that evening with the bears.

I realize that I could have cropped out Sunburst peak and focused on the reflection, but to have this kind of light show next to a 3000ft rock face was amazing!

I have spent the last 2 years taking photo's, and have only used Lightroom to process my images. I have Photoshop, and will be moving forward shortly to learn how to use it. I am not sure if Photoshop would have given me a better "final" result with this image. I look forward to your comments.

I was also lucky to be there for 2 separate snow storms
I will post some more images from my trip.