Nice image, great colourm nice sky and contrast with sea and sand. Missing a focal point, for me.Maybe too much contrast between sky and sea - not enough colour picked up in sea, leaving a slight unnatural look (though this may have been the case in reality), possibly caused by over-saturation.
I dont know how many sunsets or sunrises I have seen in pictures and still they wow me still most of the time.
Offcourse people will say that it is easy to make a sunset or sunrise look good because of all the nice colors that are just there (and that's true)
However, you managed to capture this very well, the sea is not underexposed, the reflections on the wet sand work very well.
I rate pictures from 5->10 (never under 5) but you are a 10, dont mind what others say or think or vote, this is pretty and fits the challenge well.
I think that the position of the gull goes a long way to making this very centered, symetrical composition work. On the downside, the color of the sky above the clouds looks unatural to me. ....7....
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This is a gorgeous image. I absolutely love the coloring on the beach, in the water, and in the sky. I also love how you can see the land out in the water and how it appears dark. Nice work.