No wonder they call it the golden hour =O

[florenceinitaly]

Having own the new DSLR for a month now, this is actually the first time I attempted at a sunset shot. I was amazed at the striking colors of the sky (no wonder its called the golden hour =O)

After some typical PP - C&C welcomed as always

I know most of you must have been like a million sunset photos in your lifetime but this all seems like an enlightenment to me

 

[r9jackson]

I love your playground shot.
The power lines really take it away in the other shots. I had much the same experience the other day. A really great sunset, I was at a strip mall. No time to get away and I tried to shoot over the building, but did not have any foregroud then. I lost the light in about 3 minutes.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

I like the second one.
I like many towers and how they lead you to the setting sun.
I like the comment this makes about man's interjection into nature.

 

[Layspeed]

On #2 I was gonna say the same thing Bitter...well kind of. I just liked how the power lines/towers looked actually. It would look kind of boring without them IMO. #3 is interesting also. I'm wondering where all the children are. If I lived there, and there was light, I'd still be running around! (assuming I was still a kid...or not)

 

[dak1b]

#2 is my favorite! great colors!

 

[florenceinitaly]

thanks for all the comments! #2 was my personal favorite as well - glad the power lines worked out well

The playground on the way home made me feel like it was abandoned because of the cold, and the eerie lighting added to it I think

 

[Sirashley]

2nd shot is sweet! Love the vanishing point

 

[Gaerek]

Typically power lines are a big no no in landscape photography, but in #2, they were used very well, and I really like it. I think they're distracting in #1. There are some transmission towers like that near my in-laws. I might have to try this next time we visit them.

 

[melrose09]

I really like the second one...love the clash of nature and technology.

 

[Ron Evers]

Like the other folk #2 is my choice. What lens was used?

 

[florenceinitaly]

it was my 18-55mm kit lens with the sony a500 - looks like I did something right in #2!

 

[KmH]

Me to for the second photo. It has some lens distortion but that is fixable using the perspective option of the Crop tool in Photoshop.

 

[Hooker771]

#2 again. I would like to see it from the right of the second power line from left to get perfect symmetry with the 4 sets of lines.

 

[Einstein]

#2 is Electrifying..... :lmao: