I wish we had more time and space to show you more, but I had to limit our selections to the ones below. I was also pleased to have to struggle to choose one image per photographer. I almost made the mistake of including two images from the same person. I was asked following last contest if I would comment on the photographs I chose and give some hint as to why I chose the winner and the runner-ups. I am happy to do that.
Sunsets are like pictures of one's children.
We all have them, but most often we are not really pleased with the way they turn out. They are special to us because we made them or remind us of a special time, but on the whole we have to admit they aren't great photography. Perhaps it was the exposure that was wrong, or the wrong choice of lenses. But most of the time we feel that they just don't measure up to the real thing. The secret to a good sunset photograph is that in composing the photograph one must not be over-awed by the phenomenon and forget things like composition.