Thank you. I deliberately added some blur to the fire so it was consistent with the location of the fire.

Well then! Here is another. BTW, no photoshop was used with photo!

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Thank you for your approval. I had a feeling that I might have been cheating some how?

Years ago I took a photo of a fawn looking back at me at as I took it's photo out my window. I have always like this photo but thought how much better it would look if I had a fire burning in the chimenea. I have had many fires in the chimenea over the years but the deer never returned to pose the same way for me.

As I also have photos of fires burning in the chimenea, why not use PhotoShop to move the fire where it was needed?

Is this allowed?

Thank you Joecichjr, but now for the rest of the story. It's a composite made from these two photos:

I simply cut and pasted the fire into the original photo. It needed the warmth of the fire.

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We have all made a bonfire. This is a bit different.

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Thank you CHG_CANON. There was no re-editing done. These are old images from years ago. The new computer is so fast that finding old forgotten images is fast and painless.

You do realize it's an HDR image produced by the camera it's self? It's an overwhelmingly beautiful place. The dynamic range of light shadows is more than then our limited vision can comprehend, let alone the little digital sensors within our cameras. By putting the camera into the HDR mode the camera takes multiple images in a rapid fire sequence, each image taken with a different shutter speed. Then through the use of computer magic built into the camera, it aligns the images and compresses the dynamic range so our limited computer screens can produce an image that we can comprehend. Processing the image still further lets us to take artistic license and make an image that is pleasing to our own mind. But, you already understood this.

luck??

Thank you all for your regards. My LrC data base is in pretty good shape now. With 22408 images stored in my computer. It's all sorted with Keyword tags. There are a lot of duplicated images and a lot of total junk that should have been tossed. I'll strive to be more disciplined in the future.

There might be a tiny amount of errors made while I was reconstructing the Keyword Tags (typos.) It was a huge undertaking but it's behind me now.

I'm going to dig into my images and pull out one more old favorite, a study in texture.

Tree Bark

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Actually, I no longer remember? I remember taking a long time composing the photo. I don't remember taking any risks to reach a special place.

The meta-data says ISO=200, f22, 35mm. I also see the term HDR and PP done in DxO OpticsPro.

I was using my old Sony A77II and my Minolta 35~70mm f/4 lens (A super sharp lens!) I paid $8 for that lens on eBay. I own two copies in case one breaks.

I just discovered this myself a little while ago. You can also toggle off undesired photos the same way. Thanks

It was on a bus tour of the Canadian Rockies. Banff National Park. The water is really that color!

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=%2bg25%2bRQL&id=D81A84FDC480A89C62FD6AEAE18D8E02F2077CBC&thid=OIP.-g25-RQLKKu5qkzwiK1elgHaE6&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2ftce-live2.s3.amazonaws.com%2fmedia%2fmedia%2fbe7a97e5-19d2-4df5-b348-a549dd5b3fe7.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.fa0db9f9140b28abb9aa4cf088ad5e96%3frik%3dvHwH8gKOjeHqag%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=1359&expw=2048&q=Banff+National+Park&simid=608040504569722374&FORM=IRPRST&ck=E019CF814A82F561BF869745B39E97FF&selectedIndex=0&idpp=overlayview&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0

Yes, Bus tour.