A smokey sunset and fiery sky.

theWolfsEye, on July 25, said:

What a landscape, what an ambiance! Beautiful, Bruce! Best regards from Wolf.

Marilyn Whiteley, on July 25, said:

Wow, Bruce! What a photo! Beautiful colors and an amazing scene! Cheers, Marilyn

glazam, on July 25, said:

Absolutely beautiful! Congratulations!

Bruce MacIver, on July 25, said:

Thank you Wolf and Marilyn -- welcome back, your comments always cheer me up.

Very kind comment glazam -- much appreciated.

dick v., on July 27, said:

Wonderful shot Bruce! Great colours in the sky!!! Greetings, Dick

Dann Cianca, on July 27, said:

Gorgeous, Bruce!

Dann.

Hank Waxman, on July 27, said:

Great shot, Bruce. You really caught the fire in this one.

Hank

Bruce MacIver, on July 28, said:

Thank you kindy Hank, Dann and Dick -- good to hear from y'all again!!

yves floret, on July 29, said:

Amazing shot Bruce. Very nice composition and beautiful light.

Greetings. Yves

Bruce MacIver, on July 30, said:

Merci Yves -- Votre commentaire me donne la puissance pour supporter les heures restantes d'aujourd'hui.

Bienvenue en arrière!

Juergen59, on July 31, said:

Superb! Inspiration from Deep Purple? Greetings, Jürgen.

EugeneTrambo, on August 3, said:

• Wow! Nice shot!

© e.m.r., on August 3, said:

Excellent lighting!

Finn Lyngesen flfoto.dk, on August 3, said:

Wonderful picture with great colors and good composition. A spectacular view.

Kind regards.

ArdenZ, on August 4, said:

Beautiful shot, Bruce. What a great scene!

Bruce MacIver, on August 4, said:

Good connection there Jürgen -- smoke on the water, fire in the sky -- I like that kind of synchronicity.

Thanks Eugene, © e.m.r., Finn and Arden -- much appreciated!

toanita3, on August 10, said:

Voted!

Greetings, Anita

My 07 Contest

Bruce MacIver, on August 11, said:

Thank you Anita.

Syl de Canada, on August 12, said:

Really beautiful Bruce Great sunset and picture. Greetings, Sylvie

Richard Ryer, on August 13, said:

Greetings Bruce, This is an eye grabber. Very nice. Great content, a pleasure to look at.

Cheers,

Rich

Bruce MacIver, on August 13, said:

Thank you Sylvie and Rich -- welcome back to both of you. Your comments always cheer me up!

Rolf C., on August 13, said:

Hallo Bruce, ... F A N T A S T I C ... greetings from Germany, Rolf

Jacek Wojnarski, on August 14, said:

Great shot, greetongs Jacek

Herb Riddle, on August 20, said:

Very good Bruce. A photo with three very different sets of lighting making an overall successful picture. Well done! Herb

Bruce MacIver, on August 20, said:

Many thanks Rolf, Jacek and Herb -- much appreciated!

The unique lighting came from being right on the east side of a big dark storm that had just finished dumping snow on the hills in the background. The storm was lifting, so clouds in the valleys were rising and being hit with sunlight. Also in the middle ground was a lot of blue smoke just hanging on the hilltop. The foreground, including where the photo was taken, was in direct sunlight.

Happy trails.

Andrea Allasio, 14 days ago, said:

Very nice picture, Bruce. Oregon is very nice, unfortunately is one of the states that I've never had the opportunity to visit. Ciao. Andrea

Bruce MacIver, 8 hours ago, said:

Thank you Andrea, I hope you get a chance to visit Oregon soon.