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I have been a little more sunset 'aware ' lately and managed to catch a good one recently in Nelson bay. Unfortunately I wasn't prepared enough to find the best foreground so had to make do with the few obvious ones in the 20 minutes I had.

As usual for your critique.... Thanks for looking.

Apaprently this is common in the Port Stephens area!


Brilliance


All is not lost after the sun sets....


Isolated

I like the last two of these, and in particular the third image of this set.

You have great framing, and the contrast between the sharp framing objects, and motion blur on the boat makes this image what it is. Well done.

Nice set of pics.

#1 is really nice.

I won't say anything but the horizon police may be along soon.

nice set..... The first 2 are nice sunset's..... I also like the moving yacht as it is different

....... but keep an eye out for the horizion police

The last 3 are fantastic

Quite a well rounded set, brillant colour in the first two and then some muted monos. It is the middle two that do it for me!

I love the colour in the first one, not over saturated, just right.

Ignore the horizon police, it's the parallax police you want to keep an eye out for.

I had forgotten about this thread!

gstark wrote:You have great framing, and the contrast between the sharp framing objects, and motion blur on the boat makes this image what it is. Well done.

Thanks Gary. My camera had almost run out of battery when I walking back from the sunset. Fortunately I took a inland route rather than walk on the beach. Otherwise I would have missed this shot!

Bob G wrote:#1 is really nice.

I won't say anything but the horizon police may be along soon.

Thanks bob. Horizons are one of my weaknesses. I waste so much pixels because of adjustments. I will keep this in mind.

big pix wrote:....... but keep an eye out for the horizion police

PiroStitch wrote:The last 3 are fantastic

Thanks pirostich.

aim54x wrote:It is the middle two that do it for me!

Thanks Cameron. This was by far the best sunset that I have captured for the whole year. I had tried to capture around 20 in total.

Killakoala wrote:I love the colour in the first one, not over saturated, just right.

I haven't changed any saturation settings from the RAW! Usually my RAW files are very washed out. If I remember correctly I think the real scene was even more brilliantly red. I think my camera struggles with red somewhat so this has to do...

Thanks to everyone for their comments. Happy to hear how I can improve.

did anyone mention the horizons are not straight?

Great colours in the sky. Nelson Bay is a magical place.

Number 1 is a nice photo but .........

Number 2 is definetly a step above the first.

I like the framing of the third. very wel spotted but the blurred yacht really makes me lose focus at first of the semetrical objuects in the picture. I believe it would be a lot better photo if it was focused. Don't think it the blurred effect works in this instance

The Fourth I feel has to much open space and the little boat gets lost in the bigger scheme of things. Needs something more to keep the viewers interest.

Plenty of others before me have commented the opposite to some of my opinions so maybe I'm wrong

Jase