The rising sun illuminates clouds above and behind Courthouse Butte in Sedona, Arizona, giving the appearance of a warm glow as from a fire above the butte
Stephen Girimont

Stephen Girimont

Owner, The Intimate Landscape, Fine Art Prints

Butte on Fire

"I was fortunate to be in just the right place at just the right time..."
The rising sun illuminates clouds above and behind Courthouse Butte in Sedona, Arizona, giving the appearance of a warm glow as from a fire above the butte
 

Not long after completing all the images needed for “Bell Rock and Courthouse Butte” (the subject of my last post), a hole in the clouds to the east allowed a beam of sunlight to light up the clouds above Courthouse Butte in such a way that brought to mind the effect a raging fire on top of the butte would have to cast a glow on the clouds above.

I was very fortunate to be in just the right place at just the right time to capture this moment. Having already been set up to capture multiple images for panoramas, I was easily able to capture a set of 8 images in two rows to create the image you see above. The result is a 142-megapixel image with exquisite detail.

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