Tis the Season (for sunsets)

[mrod]

Since sunsets seem to be the image of choice a lot these days...

...here's another I took back in July, this one at South Beach, in Oregon. Some of the water detail is a bit lost and "smudgey", but I liked how the clouds and sun rays turned out.

http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/gallery/view_img.php?id=11495

Mike

[mel]

Stunning shot Mike!!

I just love photos of sunsets and sunrises, they have something mystic about them (the good ones that is ;) )

[BettyC]

Oh, that is really beautiful! Before taking pics of the sunsets, I never saw all of the colors there, with just my eyes.

[AngelicKim]

Mike, nice sunset. I too love sunsets. The one with the kids silhoutted is beautiful too.

[Dorrie H.]

Nice shot Mike, Sunsets are always wonderful photos...This one is especially nice.

[Robyn]

Wonderful shot Mike.

[Wendy]

Hi Mike ...

Nice shot ... and great colours :)

Wendy

[Russinator]

The ocean and a beautiful sunset--two of my favorite things. Great picture. Russ

[NMarti]

Mike
Beautiful shot! I love sunsets and this one is great.

[GaryK]

Mike

Great shot.. stunning display.:)

[ktnoon60]

Mike another great sunset, I like the crop on that one.

Terry

[mrod]

Thanks, everyone, for the nice comments.

Terry, it's interesting that you noticed the crop. I spent a bit of time on that. Here is the original, as it came out of the camera.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1UjNcd17g3SeKdUw2p8B8cMlYWVV_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1UjNcd17g3SeKdUw2p8B8cMlYWVV)

I liked some of the patterns in the sand, and played around with ways of keeping a lot of it in there, but ultimately decided it was just too much sand, and it was taking away from the sunset, which was the main focus of the image. I also thought the person walking on the beach on the far right was too distracting.

Mike