This is taken from the second story deck on the front of our home in Southeast Missouri, USA. Our home is the only one on the lake and the lake starts were our front yard ends.
Only once in a great while does everything comes together to make conditions ideal for a image that turns out to be perfect. I think this is the closest I have come in over three thousand sunset pictures taken. I have only saved 1035 of those thousands of sunset photos. This one is my favorite of all those I have ever taken.
Nikon D40X with Nikon 300mm VR lens on auto As Is

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Glorious capture, wonderful imagery, fantastic sunset and colours
This is actually a resize of an earlier image, the original was 1280 X 960 megapixels and I resized it up to 2504 X 1844. The original would only load as a card.
– barnsis
This is absolutely gorgeous Byron! I can certainly see why it is your favourite! The colours, composition and whole mood of this shot are wonderful!
Your love of this place shines through……how about a little story with it too?…Please…..:-))
I can see myself sitting on the bank drinking a cup of coffee and hearing the sounds of nature settling in for the night. This makes me sigh and think what a lovely way to end the day.
Great Shot!
My favorite as well……………simply gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can see why, the colors are gorgeous, reflection in the water amazing and th shilouettes tie everything together! A fav for me too!
I this is fabulous. I love sunsets too. It is hard to get the right conditions that is for sure.
really good shot well done
I can understand why… Great colours, composition, and reflections.
Awesome photo. The color of the sky, the reflection in the water and the trees all look magical