Different Sunset Photo

What good thinking. Sunsets are beautiful, and many people make a reasonable recording of them and think they have a good photo. Your recognition that other elements are important to complete the scene shows a photographers' perspective. Could I make a couple of respectful suggestions on this particular sunset? You say that you used your G9 (excellent camera!) on automatic; you will get better results is you override the automatic settings and expose for the part of the photo you want to feature. In this case, the colours of the sky and on your driveway. Instead, the camera has averaged the exposure and given too much importance to the trees. In general, when the sky is visible, you should meter a sunset from a portion of sky beside the sun, where possible, excluding the sun from the area you are metering (it is so bright it influences the exposure too much). In this case, where the trees obscure the sky, the coloured portions of the drive are a good place to meter from. You photo would also be more interesting if you were to move closer, or zoom in to crop out those blue seats and bits of fencing that distract from the real subject you are shooting...the sunset through the trees.

That's a great shot bob. It's like the trees are forming a pinhole that the sun is glowing through. Sunsets are hard. I've shot a bunch of them, But very few really good ones. I prefer to go to the beach and shoot the sunRise. When I get up that early anyway.

I have one taken when I was on the plane. Small little red sun above the clouds. I'm no expert, but I love it.

I love how every sunset looks different! You get different colors every time! My favorites are the absolute breath-taking ones with such intense, vibrant colors! Sunsets are always great for silhouette shots! Few things are as beautiful to look at as a perfect shape silhouetted against a colorful sky!