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Bittersweet

Bittersweet

This is a bittersweet photo for me. I took this at Great Sand Dunes National Park in the evening hours.

During my time in Alamosa, the Spring Fir...
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This is a bittersweet photo for me. I took this at Great Sand Dunes National Park in the evening hours.

During my time in Alamosa, the Spring Fire was raging. The Spring Fire was only about 5 miles, as the crow flies, from the location. I didn't do much in post processing to this photo: the haze you see is the smoke from the fire - it was very thick to the point of gagging. But it created these AMAZING colors during the sunset - so very bittersweet how such beauty can exist amidst such badness.
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NIKON D7200

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Aperture f/22 ISO 640 Shutter 1/80 Focal Length 180/10

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Alamosa, Colorado, US

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Nov, 2018

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Lens: Nikkor 40mm f-2.8
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