I set out a month or so back to try and capture a stunning sunset. But as a lot of you know not every sunset is spectacular.

After sitting for an hour and a half I had about forty shots of a very un-cooperative sky.

I sat and worked on a few shots early last week and made use of Photoshop CS4 to combine two shots. One with a dramatic and well-exposed sky and the other with a decently-exposed foreground.

This shot is the result.

Taken at Mickley in Northumberland, UK

I also processed the shot in HDR and it did not look half as good as this.

Hope you like it