theme: Atlantic sunset

[Nancy Bell]

I photographed this sunset from the coast of Newfoundland at a lighthouse, a few years ago. The clouds obscured the horizon line merging sky and water in blues and oranges. The border effect is adapted from smart photo editor.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Nancy, this is so cool! Very abstract and delicious. I love the verticals on the bottom and the horizontals on the top. And the colors and border up top are great. This would look great with just the top also

[Dennis Bishop]

Very nice. I agree with Cheryl about the verticals and horizontals, and I think they're even more effective because the sunset is so abstract. The border -- in addition to working well with the rest of the image -- makes a good stopper for the horizontals (not that I'd allow my eyes to leave the image because of them).

[Diane Miller]

Very nice! Might be interesting to see the fence just a little brighter. Love the border!

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you all! Diane, I did play around with the brightness of the fence and decided I wanted it to merge more than stand out like a frame. But I can see it brighter as a strong foreground to view the abstract sunset.

[Anita Bower]

I love the top 3/4 of this image. Gorgeous colors--a semi-abstract sunset. The border works really well and is especially interesting as it is different from the usual. The bottom 1/4 doesn't work for me. I like the shapes, but don't like how washed out the fence looks compared to the glorious, bright colors above. I don't know what the solution would be. But, that is only my subjective opinion.

[Nancy Bell]

Thank you Anita, and everyone else. The fence was my biggest concern and I played with it several ways. Good to always hear how others see various elements in the image. That's what we are all about!