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A Scottish Sunset
A Scottish Sunset
dd1989


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Challenge: Night Sky (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Sony DSC-T200
Location: Eyemouth, Borders, Scotland.
Date: Jun 3, 2008
Aperture: 3.5
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Sky, Landscape
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2008

 Taken this out my bedroom window, not the best photo!

Okay, I would just like to reply to people on this.

The Sun IS a star.

The entry guidelines do not specify as to whether the star had to be present in the photograph, it just said "use" them, which I have done, I have used the effect of the Sun (as a star) to gain the effect of a sunset.

Statistics
Place: 29 out of 46
Avg (all users): 5.2590
Avg (commenters): 4.9500
Avg (participants): 4.4643
Avg (non-participants): 5.3204
Views since voting: 1030
Views during voting: 650
Votes: 390
Comments: 25
Favorites: 0

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 11/14/2008 08:38:57 PM
Stunning colours - its just a pity we cant see more of the foreground, even if it was in sillouhette.
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 06/12/2008 01:07:22 PM
I really wouldn't argue that the sun is a star because the other part of the description mentions showing a night sky. If I can see the sun I don't really consider that night time.

Like you said however, the sun isn't in the shot so we are at twillight. Its not day, and its not night. Its kinda both...or neither. Much like water at 0 degrees celsius can be said to be melting or freezing. Giving you the benefit of the doubt I marked it as a 5. Not great but not bad.

Had there been a more interesting silhouette and this was a free study? Easily an 8 plus however. The sky is wonderful. If you have another shot like this I would encourage you to enter it in this month's free study.
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 06/11/2008 09:46:13 AM
Thanks for the Scottish sunset, it warmed my heart.
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 06/11/2008 05:24:39 AM
Originally posted by smurfguy:
For the picture itself, it's an ok sunset. A wider angle lens may have made it more interesting for me. But for this challenge - no planets, moons, or stars.


^ See description.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
06/10/2008 11:27:50 AM
I like the sharp contrast in this, and the brilliant reds.
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 06/10/2008 08:31:02 AM
For the picture itself, it's an ok sunset. A wider angle lens may have made it more interesting for me. But for this challenge - no planets, moons, or stars.
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 06/09/2008 06:41:52 PM
very strong graphically and rich colors. One of two of these awards I'm giving:
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 06/09/2008 04:01:44 PM
beautiful sky! love the different colors!
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 06/09/2008 12:02:43 PM
Great colours
the black on the lower half really bothers me, is this a house?
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 06/06/2008 08:32:11 PM
nice cloud exposure but too much of the picture is uninteresting silhouetted foreground.
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 06/05/2008 10:58:20 PM
Not sure how a sunset qualifies but its a nice sunset.
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 06/05/2008 10:34:14 PM
Beautiful sunset. It lacks the moon or stars though.
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 06/05/2008 03:06:39 PM
fiery red and orange sunsets are great to look at.
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 06/05/2008 09:14:33 AM
The juxtoposition of the harsh landscape line with the softness of the clouds is visually interesting. I'm thinking the cropping could be done differently. Less black space on the bottom and the right.
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 06/05/2008 05:27:32 AM
Great sky, not a lot of detail in the foreground for my taste, but it might be my monitor.
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 06/05/2008 12:36:30 AM
Great colours. I would have cropped the half of the dark foreground, but despite that a good shot of the night sky.
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 06/04/2008 03:03:48 PM
Someday I want to see one in person - my roots are from there. Thanks for sharing some awesome colors!
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 06/04/2008 10:26:14 AM
Beautiful sky. It would be even better with some additional point of interest in it.
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 06/04/2008 05:22:03 AM
Pretty sunset, but does it count as night sky?
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 06/04/2008 04:03:52 AM
nice sunset but the framing is out. crop the bottom off so that only the very top of the buildings are in.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 06/04/2008 03:27:01 AM
"Use the moon, stars or planets" DNMC
 06/04/2008 02:47:31 AM
I like the color of the sky with the reds and oranges
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 06/03/2008 11:53:45 PM
Beautiful sunset.
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 06/03/2008 10:33:07 PM
Like the colour of the sky
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 06/03/2008 09:19:48 PM
Gorgeous brillant orange.
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