My first Sunset (critique welcome!)

[MommyOf4Boys]

This is my first ever sunset shoot, so critique is more than welcome! Anything to help me improve or know my strengths and weaknesses in these...

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[Mack]

nice shots, i love #2!!

 

[LaFoto]

Erm... :scratch: ... what "weaknesses"????
What did you do between the last photo and the last but one?
I think Photo 2 is best with regards to the exposure and the intensity of the sun, and the rays come out so nicely. Things in the background get just the amount of detail I would want to see ... that one is the winner of the lot.

 

[MommyOf4Boys]

I adjusted the levels on the last one, the only one I did anything to. Not quite sure I like it though, I really like the gold tones to the others.

 

[DestinDave]

I see nothing wrong with any of them. Likewise, #2 is a killer shot...

 

[JonathanM]

I like the colours in the last one, but the bridge in the foreground makes it a bit clutered.

On the earlier shotes the horizon looks wonky, based on the angle of the hull of the ship. Easy fix in Photoshop, and something that I find extremely hard to get right when taking the pictures in the first place.

Could you try the same levels adjustment on pic one or two?

 

[woodsac]

The horizon is slightly tiltled in the first two. I also think they could use some minor PS adjustments. But...I also think you did a great job You managed to place the sun offcenter, which I think is important. And you gave us something interesting to look at in the fg.