Sunsets and Sunrises

A collection of sunset and sunrise photography from the magic hour extending into the blue hour.

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Cottonwood on Fake Golden Pond

I hope you all don't mind me posting another version of the cottonwood shot I posted earlier. It is a different frame and I used this one to learn a really fun Photoshop trick: using displacement maps to make pretty darn realistic fake water compared to other methods I've used. If you would like to try this yourself, check out the excellent tutorial I found here ( http://photoshopcontest.com/tutorials/26/displacement-water.html ) . It is a bit more work than other methods I've tried, but I think the results are better. Let me know what you think!

Fake Lake Manipulation Displacement Map Displacement Colorado Sun Gold Golden Sunset Beam Cottonwood Nature Tree Silhouette Have a wonderful weekend my friend SuperHearts TRIBE SANDHYA 2007