well, for the purposes of the legality of entering this photo, I hope the title is inaccurate - since NYE 2005 is in 2004 :)
Beautiful picture - great job capturing the full tonal range from black to white. It must have been tough to control this exposure and bring out the color and detail so well in PP.
Last minute submission:-)
Again, very pretty and very carefully executed photo with no blown up details in the sky. Congratulations on that technical part. That detail seems to have escaped many others...
Suggestion: since there are no discernable details left in the rock in the bottom right corner, it could have been cropped out some more, perhaps leaving only half of what is shown right now. Maybe...
Good luck in the challenge.
Leaving it until New years eve to take your best of 2005 entry is cutting things a bit fine I think but what a wonderful photograph to end the year with & you got the horizon spot on.
Just in the nick of time to have an AMAZING entry for this challenge! I love these photos with those beautiful sun rays. I love the tones. I just love this photo period!