Spectacular! Eight minutes ??? how did you get the sun as a discrete disc - sun "moves" 2 degrees in 8 minutes. 2 degrees is equiv. to 4 sun diameters, so disc should be elongated ... perplexed. Top shot though.

Fussed with the processing more this morning...
http://www.tmphillips.com/pg/picture.php?/27369/category/400

o....I like this a lot. The lighting on the foreground flowers then the dark cactus and background.....a winning shirt!

I prefer the brighter version next door, but also enjoy the extra cloud movement you've got withg the longer exposure here. Must have been calm, those flowers are pretty sharp. Two good results from your constrained excursion, and great to see that your back allowed you to scamper up and back.

Some interesting reds in a few rocks, but the overall scene is splendid. A fine Laowa landscape.

It's just what the in-camera software does in Bright mode. It tries to pick up the brightest interactions from each shot and retain them. This really isn't the intended application for Bright mode. Bright mode ME is more intended for things like fireworks where you can blend multiple bursts together, or where there are obviously different/varied bright elements in each shot etc...

Yeah this had some popup flash but not enough and wasn't enough time to fuss with it.

Weirdly good.

Not exactly what I was expecting from the thumbnail. Feels a bit like I'm out spotlighting on a shooting trip.

Maybe a low level LumeCube aimed at the foreground cactus?