Capitol Alpenglow

I'm trying to get together several of my favs from this fall on a page but it's taking a while.
Here's one for the interim.

The lack of clouds kinda stunk but the alpenglow was real nice.

2 image blend.

Great shot! Nice work on the blend, too.
The blue skies don't bother me a bit. In fact, they complement the scene well. The glowing areas of the peak seem a bit oversaturated to my eye.
Using that 'Image Polish' technique I've described before in the forested area only really makes those autumn colors pop.

An impressive mountainscape any time of year, but those fall colors really make it special !

The lack of clouds does not hurt this tight composition at all. You'll just have to keep coming back to get that epic sunset.

Great example of making lemons out of lemonade! I agree with John that there's kind of a neon glow to the mountains, but other than that this is just stunning.

Thanks for the comments guys.
Looking through the lens with the polarizer this peak really looks pretty neon. It may be a little over the top here - but not much. That's one of the reasons I especially like this view at sundown.

I'm going to have to do a search on your polishing method John. I seen it before but haven't written it down.

I also like this one a lot, but think the glow is a bit too much. The sky seems more blue than I would expect, but I guess that's due to the polarizer. Over a great image. Thanks for posting.

Great light and stellar image, but, I do agree with the others-oversaturated and neon. Add some contrast, especially to the aspen groves and decrease the exposure of the peak a bit.

Beautiful image Chuck. The comp is great. The alpenglow looks a little strong on my monitor. Well done.

Gorgeous comp, Chuck. The way you've filled the frame really works and eliminates the need for clouds. However, on two calibrated systems I've viewed this on, the saturation on the mountain is too much.

Thanks mucho for the suggestions y'all.
I'll toss up a re-work if I get time in the next couple of days. (Holiday's over )

Beautiful, I feel like I'm there watching the light on the mountain.

Nice image Chuck. Agree with the others on the peaks.

Chuck, I must've been to this spot right around when you took this b/c I have a shot in a vert orientation VERY similar to this. I shot mine with a warming polarizer and the glow looks almost identical to what you got IN CAMERA! If you can adjust the glow to appear a little more "natural" (read: believable) and maybe bring a little more luminosity to the trees in shadow, this would be a little more pleasing to my tastes. In any case, you got a great shot here

That is one gorgeous shot. Excellent comp and light. I do agree with the adjustment in the balance of light between the glowing peak and the trees, but it's not going to take much. I also really like the nuances in the shadowed areas of the lowers peaks.