Billy - This looks like the kind of place in which I enjoy hiking. Very nice lighting and resulting colors in this comp. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thad
The reason why the sunsets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB
I'm not sure if that's the sun peeping through. If you look at the shadows on the ground, cast by sticks and branches, you can see that that spot is, in fact, a rather intense lens flare. It's a very nice image, Billy -- I'm a sucker for waterfalls and cascades -- but I often wear a cap when I'm out shooting so I can hold the cap out in front of me, beyond the range of the lens view but shading the sun from the lens. It removes any flare.
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