In general, in this part of the world at least (Cape Cod) sunsets tend to be more dramatic and dawns either heavier or more ephemeral. It's because we have open ocean to the sunrise side and all of continental America to the sunset side.
In San Diego, where I am originally from, the opposite tended to be true; dawns, as a rule, were more spectacular than sunsets. I'm talking "interesting clouds" here, btw.
This is a very unscientific observation, incidentally. I never really thought about it before. I don't think, offhand, you can tell them apart from a photo with any degree of accuracy.
R.
Incidentally, this one of those rare places where you can shoot both dawns and sunsets over open water from about the same spot :-) It's never more than few minutes' drive from one side of the cape to the other, and "my" beach (walking distance, you've all seen it many times in my shots) is soouth-facing to Nantucket sound, so in the winter the sun both rises and sets over open water; very handy.
Message edited by author 2006-03-01 12:28:11.
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