In this photo, I was trying to show a contrast between the bright horizon and the dark clouds above town. However, the sun was already pretty far beyond the horizon, and since I live in a valley that means that there was a giant black mountain range at the bottom of the photo that looked kind of boring. So instead of showing the actual horizon, I decided to make kind of a bi-polar picture in terms of light and dark. Light on the bottom to try and show that it is going down, and darkness on the top to indicate that it is creeping over the scene.
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The first thing I notice with this picture is the wonderful reds from the sunset. Absolutely gorgeous. However, as somebody once commented on one of my photos, you do also need to have a subject, it is not enough just to photograph the sky. In a challenge with so many wonderful sunset/sunrise pics, you would really need to stand out by having an interesting subject and focal point. Here there really is nothing.
From a technical point of view the exposure is good, as are the colours. I am not sure I agree with the sharpening comments, I think the clouds look good as they are. Focus looks quite soft.
I think the main reason you did not score very highly in this challenge, is the lack of a real subject.
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