I just attended a photo workshop in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina. This is just outside of Brevard, North Carolina an area in the mountains known for its many waterfalls. The workshop was for taking photos of waterfalls, but the first morning we arose very early , left the hotel at 5:30 am and drove a half an hour to the Blue Ridge Parkway where we setup our tripods and cameras to get a shot of the sunrise over the mountains.
I decided to do a 3 bracketed exposure shot with my Nikon D80 and later put the photos together using Photomatix with some color and sharpening adjustments in Photoshop CS4. I thought the image came out great, see the results below. Enjoy.