Sunsets? I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all. That got me to thinking--is he correct?

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

jaymatt wrote:

I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all. That got me to thinking--is he correct?

I can't say he was right or not but I know sunsets and sunrises do nothing for me photographically. Of course I enjoy seeing a beautiful sunset or sunrise when I am there. Yes they are beautiful. But I don't think I have ever photographed one. Except for the brilliant colors what is there to photograph. I do take photos of other things happening during a beautiful sunset or sunrise.

But isn't that why we are all different, have different likes and dislikes.

Dennis

LarryFitz Loc: Beacon NY

I love to look out my window at good or great sunsets. However, I have gotten tired of photographing them.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I think every sunset/sunrise is different. Even if I'm seeing exactly the same scene, it's somehow different.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

jaymatt wrote:

I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all. That got me to thinking--is he correct?

Maybe not after four or five, but I have seen hundreds, and they have to be pretty special to interest me.

RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

jaymatt wrote:

I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all. That got me to thinking--is he correct?

I think he is wrong.

bleirer

jaymatt wrote:

I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all. That got me to thinking--is he correct?

Sure. Every book I ever read uses the same 26 letters over and over again. And art? Always the same ROY G BIV over and over. Music, 7 notes in a key, or as somebody said about country, 3 chords and the truth.

HOHIMER

dennis2146 wrote:

I can't say he was right or not but I know sunsets and sunrises do nothing for me photographically. Of course I enjoy seeing a beautiful sunset or sunrise when I am there. Yes they are beautiful. But I don't think I have ever photographed one. Except for the brilliant colors what is there to photograph. I do take photos of other things happening during a beautiful sunset or sunrise.

But isn't that why we are all different, have different likes and dislikes.

Dennis

Besides color, there is shape, form and symmetry.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

bleirer wrote:

Sure. Every book I ever read uses the same 26 letters over and over again. And art? Always the same ROY G BIV over and over. Music, 7 notes in a key, or as somebody said about country, 3 chords and the truth.

Sort of my feelings, too.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

The numbers and types of clouds, the time of year (at latitude 46.6, sunset is to northwest in summer, southwest in winter), weather and air quality offer infinite possibilities.

If you include the landscape (silhouettes, reflections in water and such), you can double infinity

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

Just as long as I keep seeing them.........!

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Sunset and sunrises are all different even at the same spot due to clouds, weather, and atmospheric conditions. That is why I keep on taking images.
these were all taken on the same date and show the differences in colors. First two are panoramas

merrytexan Loc: georgia

jaymatt wrote:

I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all. That got me to thinking--is he correct?

I never tire of their beauty. They are all different and unique, dramatic and colorful, and they're free!

pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY

jaymatt wrote:

I like to take interesting sunsets. That said, I was talking to a photographer friend the other day who said that if you’ve seen four or five sunsets, you’ve seen them all. That got me to thinking--is he correct?

Not in my mind. The great variable is cloud cover and the vast number of colors combinations one can achieve.

mflowe Loc: Port Deposit, MD

bleirer wrote:

Sure. Every book I ever read uses the same 26 letters over and over again. And art? Always the same ROY G BIV over and over. Music, 7 notes in a key, or as somebody said about country, 3 chords and the truth.