Competition entry: Sand Dunes NP Sunset
Sand Dunes NP Sunset by Brian Narveson
2020 November Competition - A Open
35 points - 2nd Place
End of Year: Hon. Mention
Judges' comments:
Lovely sunburst; great backlighting on the weeds; horizon well-placed; creates a feeling of vastness
Maker's notes:

This image was taken in Sand Dunes National Park in Sept 2020.  Camera was tripod mounted with lens set to 24 mm.  It is a 5 shot HDR image.  Nominal exposure was f/18 (for depth of field), ISO 400, shutter speed 1/125 sec.  Shots were also taken at +/- 2 and +/- 1 stops.  Camera was set to Aperture Priority so  additional stops were obtained by changing shutter speed. (that's why tripod was necessary) . Resulting 5 shots were  1/30th, 1/60th, 1/125th, 1/250th, 1/500th seconds.   Images were combined in Lightroom.