Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
by paganini

Comment by jearley:
the sun and the fountain compete for the eye's interest. i needs to one or the other.

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
by paganini

Comment by GinaRothfels:
The left side of this picture is great. I'm not too keen on the fountain (?) on the right. It almost looks like a dirty spot on the lens.

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
by paganini

Comment by StevePax:
Because it is so dark, the fountain in the foreground is quite distracting. I would have liked to see the buildings/horizon etc as all black, with no distortion from the fountain.

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
by paganini

Comment by whitetiger:
Very nice! The blues at the top are a nice contrast. I miss Austin!

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
by paganini

Comment by matt:
Nice sunset and I love the coloring , but the dark area on the right take away from a wonderful picture. I gave you a 7 but would have given you if not for that one detail

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
by paganini

Comment by marbo:
My top scoring sunset pic in this challenge because it`s a bit more interesting with the fountain and star effect. Maybe a touch too dark but still a 9.

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
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Comment by Journey:
The title says beautiful but this picture does not come across as such to me. Too much of a good thing is sometimes ugly. And in this picture there is way too much. As a result, the sky looks a little garish; that "sunburst" looks so Photoshoppy (i know it isn't) phony that it bugs the heck out of me. The thing i find most disturbing of all is the fountain spouting water (the right word for it escapes me right now). It is so sinister-looking that it reminds me of Anthony Perkins in Psycho when he came dashing into the shower. In fact, the only reason I could "read" that sinister shape was because of the water on the lower left, which is really lovely the way it catches the light.
Now, without the fountain and without the sunburst, a picture of just the sunset and the silhouette of the buildings with the interesting silhouettes of the towers would have been such a terrific shot. THEN, that sunset would have looked indeed beautiful and a pleasure to behold. 5 Journey

Illuminated
by paganini

Comment by FranziskaLang:
Strikingly beautiful :)

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
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Comment by Martus:
Nice! I like the rich colours. The fountain is very distracting though.

Evening Weather Report for UT, Austin: Beautiful!
by paganini

Comment by ruthiek:
I think the blur of the fountain detracts from the overall image -- I would have cropped the fountain out completely -- I guess that means I would have cropped down to ONLY the silhouette and the sky. Still, it's a very beautiful sunset!