Not a particularly good sunset pic....
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I'd love to live where you do, just no work for me up there. 
Wow guys, those pics are fantastic. Just a question though, what filter/lens do you use to capture a great sunset? Am off to Rarotonga (Cook Islands) next Wednesday for two weeks in sunset heaven, so I will post some pics when I get back. The only lens I have is a Polarizer, 2x telephoto and a wide angle shot, rest is on the camera to play with I guess.
kylie said:
Wow guys, those pics are fantastic. Just a question though, what filter/lens do you use to capture a great sunset? Am off to Rarotonga (Cook Islands) next Wednesday for two weeks in sunset heaven, so I will post some pics when I get back. The only lens I have is a Polarizer, 2x telephoto and a wide angle shot, rest is on the camera to play with I guess.
I only ever use a skylight filter - lens is usually the 'jobbing' 28 - 200 or the 20 mm wide angle (but as it's a DSLR these are effectively 42 - 300 and 30mm).
All the pics (more sunsets) on my 'latest' page were taken with either of those www.stevecarter.com/latest/latest.htm
Have fun in the Cook Islands (not that I'm jealous or anything!)
Steve
Oh, if we're sharing as well as admiring the beautiful images by Steve, here's some from a recent trip to Croatia.
Only on Fotango so the quality of the originals is much better.
View from near dinner table at Loviste. Quality is a bit off as I only shot this on a Coolpix SQ and had had a few glasses of wine by the time these beautiful colours developed. It's two images stitched together in Photoshop to form a panorama. Works nicely when printed at 20" * 8"
View of the old confrontation of sail v's power in the harbour at Sipanska Luka
Full view of the same harbour about 15- 20 minutes later
Only on Fotango so the quality of the originals is much better.
View from near dinner table at Loviste. Quality is a bit off as I only shot this on a Coolpix SQ and had had a few glasses of wine by the time these beautiful colours developed. It's two images stitched together in Photoshop to form a panorama. Works nicely when printed at 20" * 8"
View of the old confrontation of sail v's power in the harbour at Sipanska Luka
Full view of the same harbour about 15- 20 minutes later
Not as good as the others here, but I bet no one used a 20,000 foot high tripod like I did! 
Sunset from Kilimanjaro at about 11,000 feet
And sunrise from the top at nearly 20,000 feet (you can just see the curvature of the earth in the photo). I was so f
d by the altitude and the 6 hour climb to get to this point, that I don't actually remember taking this photo 
>> Edited by ehasler on Monday 12th July 23:33
Sunset from Kilimanjaro at about 11,000 feet
And sunrise from the top at nearly 20,000 feet (you can just see the curvature of the earth in the photo). I was so f
d by the altitude and the 6 hour climb to get to this point, that I don't actually remember taking this photo >> Edited by ehasler on Monday 12th July 23:33
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