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Surrealistic Sunset

I looked up the word “surrealistic” and found this, “having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream.” I think that is a fitting description for this image. The streaking clouds reflected on the surface of the lake, along with the intense colors of the sunset do seem dream like and even a bit hallucinatory. At 8 minutes 37 seconds it is probably the longest exposure I have ever made. The combination of the extremely long exposure and the use of a neutral density filter caused color shifts up and down the spectrum, but it does echo the intensity of the fall colors around me as the sun slowly descended below the horizon.