# Fire Sunset

**URL:** <https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/fire-sunset/42120>\
**Category:** Image Critiques\
**Tags:** weekly-challenge\
**Created:** [July 8, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/fire-sunset/42120 "2024-07-08T16:04:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_Rosendahl](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/steve_rosendahl/32/50658_2.png) [@Steve\_Rosendahl](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Steve_Rosendahl)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/fire-sunset/42120/1 "2024-07-08T16:04:04Z")

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![Fire Sunset V19.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/1/9/19bccb39db181e3922c88a150ce5047603fc011c.jpeg)

> **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_
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> The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.

### Description

This is a sunset in New Mexico taken from a supermarket parking lot.  
It was a very orange sunset with low storm clouds coming down from the mountains.

### Specific Feedback

I think the orange is too under-exposed

### Technical Details

 ![image](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/9/7/977dac62af4910725947089bbe46303a9516bcb5.png)

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- Vision and Purpose:
- Conceptual:
- Emotional Impact and Mood:
- Composition:
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- Depth and Dimension:
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**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/fire-sunset/42120/2 "2024-07-09T00:17:12Z")

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A very interesting scene! I think the orange works. The whole image has an appropriate feeling of a dark exposure, but the orange didn’t go too saturated and the reds give it a nice transition to the clouds. I like the clouds being bluish.

The blush of magenta in the clouds is lovely. I’m a little undecided about the top half, wondering about lower contrast for the lights and the dark top edge. Hard to know without seeing it.

But I’m always curious, when I take time to comment, not only what the creator’s reaction is but that reactions do others have, too. This place is such a unique community and I’m feeling like there should be a lot more creative dialog. Artistic skill and vision are honed in bits and pieces.

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**Author:** ![Ed\_Williams](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ed_williams/32/65698_2.png) [@Ed\_Williams](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ed_Williams)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/fire-sunset/42120/3 "2024-07-13T16:33:22Z")

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Steve, this does have a real ground fire/smoke cloud look to it, especially the thumbnail. I think the darkest clouds above and the spreading center column really add to that perception. I love the little bits of color scattered through the lower clouds. I would remove the tiny cloud along the left margin about halfway up, and it looks like there are just a few dust bunnies near the long thin cloud in the center left, only noticeable with the largest version. I really like the ominous drama of this image.