Sunset Over Lake Michigan

ThirdDayImaging

This was the view in Kewadin, MI last night. Amazing lighting!

Multiple Shutter Speeds at f16 (11 image HDR) ISO 160 25mm f1.4 Leica Summilux on Lumix G5 (tripod)

Helvegr

Love the colors, fantastic composition. I think the placement of the horizon is spot on. I do find those tall reed to the very left of the frame a little distracting, but nature doesn't always put things where we want them!

Nice work.

Dcmack

Beautiful. How did you light the foreground? Did you use flash or is this an HDR composite?

ThirdDayImaging

Hey thanks guys!

Helvegr, the reeds on the left imo help to frame the composition a bit, but I do see your point as well.

Dcmack, your instincts are correct. This is an HDR composite of 11 images. Which of course means that the 0.8 second exposure posted above the image is technically incorrect. I got the exif data from just one of the images and posted it out of habit - I need to edit that out. Shutter speed is a bit irrelevant with these type of composites.