Glowing Landscape+repost

Getting over a cold this past week made taking photos not sound like much fun. However, yesterday I felt just good enough to hit a location up in northern colorado. I had been watching the clouds all day and guessed there might be a good sunset, but I had not anticipated the vibrant, fiery sunset that materialized just after sunset.

From that photo shoot, I have several images that I'd like to share over the next week or two. Hopefully you all can enjoy the scenery I saw that evening (or perhaps enjoyed from wherever you live in northern CO). I won't post them in the order I took them, for various reasons that would take to much room to note...

I had scouted several areas just before sunset, and found two major areas to work in, both being oriented differently to the sun. This image posted here is actually the second area. You can see a sliver of a lake in the bg (I actually don't like that it's visible in this shot, but...). That was my second location, and offered an incredible reflection. More photos on that later...

So, having those two locations (not necessarily close), it involved a bit of jogging back and forth, setting up the tripod, switching lenses, all to catch each scene in good lighting. Whew!

I'm surprised, I did not touch the saturation or vibrance sliders either in RAW or in CS5. The landscape was literally glowing with the colors of the sunset.

Canon 60d 10-22mm @ 10mm
ISO 100 --- f/13 --- two exposures --- tripod --- no filters

Your input is always appreciated!