Canon Elan II Tamron 200-400mm f/5.6 Kodak Elite II Taken in the Twin Peaks wilderness area above Salt Lake City.

-- Cleeo W. Wright (ckwright@xmission.com), January 18, 1999

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Great saturated colors...please tell me there were no 'sunset' filters involved! :-) The main tree that is silhoutted is kinda gnarly and ugly against the beauty of the background. I'm trying to see if this image is special because of the 'ugly' against 'beautiful' theme... if I were there, I would've probably gone for one of the regular conifers you see in the background as my main silhouette...but that'll probably make it go un-noticed. I'd like to see what the others feel about this. I think you can crop off a bit from the bottom - I don't think the extra black adds to the picture.

-- Bhaskar Thiagarajan (bhaskart@hotmail.com), January 18, 1999.

I should have posted filter information with the photo. There are NO filters involved. I only own 3 types offilters (in various sizes). I have two neutral density grads, a polarizer and an 81B for color correction. It is interesting that nearly eeryone who sees this photo asks about a filter. I guess this was just a very special sunset.

-- Cleeo W. Wright (ckwright@xmission.com), January 18, 1999.

This is one of those photos that I would have been very proud to have taken myself.

I disagree with the earlier comment about choosing a different tree to silhouette. In my opinion, this "gnarly" tree is wonderful and is what makes the photo standout from being just another pretty sunset picture.

-- Henry Richardson (henry_richardson@hotmail.com), January 18, 1999.

Both the knarly tree and the thin line of cloud make this a unique sunset shot. Very nice!

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), January 18, 1999.

Oops, I mean "gnarly".

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), January 18, 1999.

The impact of the overall image is stunning. There is one strange overlap, though...the sun is sitting right on top of another tree, and looks a little like a lollipop. Moving to the side, moving higher, or taking the shot a little earlier might have avoided this.

-- Jon McNeill (jon_mcneill@hp.com), January 19, 1999.