Interesting take on the challenge. I love the colors and the cloud mass is amazing. I like how insignificant it makes the shoreline look and that's a very nice contrast - well envisioned. Though I can see this fitting the challenge in an abstract way I think, per the challenge description, that there should be actual fire in the images and so I am compelled to dock from this otherwise lovely image. I gave a 5.
That is quote a sunset! There are a couple spots in the sky where it looks like the curves got a bit out of control. I'm not sure the voters will buy this as fire since they seem pretty literal for this challenge.
Nice take but for me it is about real fire. I am not totaly gonna DNMC you but if you had a real fire in the shot (Besides the sun) it would be 2 points higher. 5
Don't let the DNMC boo-birds get you down. Excellent take on hyperreality. You did nicely in that there isn't too much supersaturation. I do think, meh, is this really fire? but DPC has become WAAAAYY to narrow in their interpretations of challenges. So a big fat 8 from me. I'm sure it's gonna bump you from a 4.5 to a 4.55.... ;(
This looks very Rikkied/Achooied. If you don't know what I'm talking about then please ignore. :P What I'm trying to say is it looks really good. The saturation is a bit over the top but voters tend to like that. Good luck.
This is a great shot that I'm sure some viewers will say DNMC. Me? I love it, and can see where you were going with this. What a beautiful reflection of our giant ball of fire in the solar system.