Vibrant is the challenge word: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/photo-challenges/vibrant/
I took the following photo at Grand Canyon National Park almost six years ago, when I started getting interested in digital photography. I had a new camera and had never heard of HDR or any of the esoteric terms that photographers like to bandy about. I just saw the beautiful colors as the sun was setting, and they kept getting better and more vibrant by the minute. So, I took the shot.
Grand Canyon sunset.
I showed the photo to a person who knew a lot about photography, and who said: “Very nice, but how do I know this was taken at the Grand Canyon?” He said I should have used HDR to get some features of the canyon walls out of that mass of black at the bottom of the image. Oh well, one lives and learns.
neihtn 
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The shot looks perfect from here 🙂 I agree with Indah, a silhouette at sunset (or sunrise) can be much more powerful. Cheers!
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Thank you Randall. I do appreciate your comments.
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Gorgeous shot, Neihtn! Gorgeous! As for HDR, I’ve been photographing a LONG time and still have yet to do it. I mean, I just have so much time, and I do what I can. I don’t even know how to do an HDR image. LOL ❤
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Thanks Amy. There’s some software that can help you HDR. The one I use, but not often at all, is Photomatix.
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I don’t think every good photo at Grand Canyon has to tell the viewer it was taken at Grand Canyon. That’s pretty boring. What I think he was trying to say was “it’s just a pretty sky with nothing much else going on”. On HDR, I think that’s misleading in some ways because then you think there are special techniques to use. All you need to do is pay attention to exposure and make sure you have enough detail showing in dark areas. But then again, some great photos have very dark parts, so it depends on the composition and subject.
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Thank you for your insightful comments. I visit your blog once in a while to view your great photos and commentary, and there is still much that many of us on wordpress can learn from you.
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Brilliant colours – so beautiful.
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Thank you!
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Good for you that you took that advice for the future without murmuring. Teachers know the value of learning 🙂 Beautiful sky, very unusual pattern of clouds, very lucky and beautiful shot! In this particular photograph I can only see the silhouettes of trees. I doubt that there is any part of the canyon anywhere in the picture, and it doesn’t matter at all because it is a picture of the sky, its vibrant colors and beauty.
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Thank you Inese! I agree with you fully.
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It’s a lovely photo!
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Thank you Sukanya!
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It looks great to me, there are some people who take pleasure in bursting other people’s bubbles.
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Thanks Jerry!
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Glorious! I admit I’m not really a fan of HDR…ironically it often looks phony to me. Things become over-defined.
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Thank you! Now I know what HDR is, but rarely use it.
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Gorgeous!
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Thanks Greg!
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I find this is perfect image, the canyon as the silhouette sounds more artistic to me!
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Thank you Indah!
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