It was a fine fall day to explore the northern Black Hills. The overlook on the west end of Pactola Reservoir was full of color, and the variety of clouds in the sky provided a nice balance against the detail on the ground and water. This is a multi-frame panorama, and just between you and me, I did quite a bit of local adjustment to deal with lens flare circles in the left half of the scene. Sometimes I'm OK with a little flare, but this scene called for a cleaner presentation. I was pleased with the low-lying red bushes in the foreground to go with the rough rocks. The small peninsula down at the bottom adds some curvy interest to that far shoreline. It would be another year before I ventured down to that far shoreline, and it's got plenty of interesting rock shards to play with.
