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We do pretty sunsets down here in Godzone

I am a sucker for sunsets but I think I would be tempted to crop some black of the bottom, almost 1/3 frame of black stuff.

Steve

i like it, but like steve i think i would have cropped it,beautiful shades of pinks and blues.
pa

hrrmmmm - I looked at the sky last night and thought it would have been good if we had a view, or if I'd had the time to get somewhere with one!
Was a wonderful sky, in both directions. Will be looking out for signs of a good sunset through the week. Whether that eventuates in actually getting one is another thing

I'm with Steve - get rid of some of the foreground black, and this will work quite nicely The colours are what I remember

Better?

Much better John, great colours!

Great colours. I like the original (uncropped) best. Rule of thirds are working there.

Plus, the graphic designer in me always looks where text would be placed, and this black section would do nicely.

I also saw this great sunset last night - it was one of the best I've ever seen. However, I was in a car on the M5 at the time with no camera (and a wife who wouldn't stop anyway ). But like Sheepie, I was thinking it really needed a strong foreground as well to make a truely great shot.

Frank

Heath Bennett wrote:Great colours. I like the original (uncropped) best. Rule of thirds are working there.

Plus, the graphic designer in me always looks where text would be placed, and this black section would do nicely.

The original was only slightly cropped (to A4 dimensions). In hindsight, 24mm was too wide but that was what was on the camera and I only had about 30 seconds as the light was fading fast. It would have been even better 60 seconds earlier.

If I want to print the pic I have the conundrum of too much sillouette or lose some of the "focus" of the image to preserve a roughly 3 x 2 image...