Motif: Valley of Fire Sunset

Another excellent shot! Well done!

Beautiful image!

Gorgeous rays and sunset. Very nice.

This shot is a fitting illustration of the location's name. It was light like this that inspired the name Valley of Fire.

An auto club executive coined it in the 1920s, after driving from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. The I-15 didn't exist yet. The only road connection between those two cities led him through this bizarre area northeast of Las Vegas. It was late in the afternoon and the low light made the red sandstone cliffs glow like fire. In his journal the executive referred to that area as " Valley of Fire". The name stuck.

Being a frequent visitor to Valley of Fire, I wonder what time of the year this one was taken. Clouds are not very often seen there, February and March offer the best chance for that.


I think your image will be fine without USM. It makes the yellow/orange area around the sun look unnatural, and the halo along the edges of the silhouetted mountains isn't pretty.

Wow. Good composition!


Anders

Thank you all for the kind words.
Jens, this was taken Thursday evening last week. I used less usm than usual, but agree I could probably have used none.

I like this. The placement of the land is good. The rays are a bonus.

Really nice! I like the pano crop. The rays really make the shot.