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Folks,

Please critique. Your comments will help me to improve my

eye/shoot/photo. Thanks a lot.

Fraja,  You have a nice successful image here.  I like the way you have captured the sun, it is dramatic without any white blowout -excellent.  A couple thoughts to help might be:  reduce the size and opacity of your name - it dominates the image; consider opening up the darkest areas on the water if you think there is interesting detail; next time get a person of animal in the image for human interest and to create a sense of scale.  Hope this helps.  Best to you. Larry

Very good sky and a bit of detail in the foreground -- those seem to be the two most essential elements in a sunrise/sunset photograph, and that's what you have here.  Most such shots are variations of these two primary elements, with the composition dependent on the relative amount of interest and/or aesthetics of other elements in the frame.  This 50:50 split vertically is often used in seascapes like this, as is the centering of the sun....there isn't anything else present that would suggest a deviation.  A good challenge is to find other elements (e.g., boats, trees, rocks, buildings) that would support a deviation from this very centered composition.