Sunset and Sunrise in Black and White
The Young PhotoGrapher

Sunset and Sunrise in Black and White

October 2022

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is simple, but amazing. I love the sky, it has so many shapes and patterns. Another thing that looks cool is that there is just a tiny bit of land from the middle, to the right side of the photograph. But the best thing of all is the ship!!! It looks so cool and so sharp and clearly stands out as the subject. Also, since it is a shipwreck, it is tilted, this makes the photo look even better because it makes it unusual looking!!! So amazing job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Second Place!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is totally awesome. I love the silhouette of the man and how he looks like he is being very careful at how he casts the net so that it catches lots of fish! Since the sun is so bright at Sunset it made so much detail show up by having the sun hit is just right, it looks a real lot like smoke! And the last thing I wanted to point out is that all of the little waves on the water look so cool! There are millions upon millions of them and you could never even come close to seeing all of them if you tried looking at most of them! So tremendous job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Third Place!

First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is very nice. I love the simplicity of the photo, all it is, is the greyish white color, and the ship. This photo is the absolute PERFECT example of what a Rule of Thirds image is, and how amazing a Rule of Thirds image can look! Or this image could also be looked at, as a PERFECT Negative Space image. However you want to look at it, it doesn't matter because this photo is totally AWESOME!!! So fabulous job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Eighth Place!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is one of the best sunrise photos I have ever seen! I love the ghostly looking shadows coming from the trees. Now the main focus of this photo is not the sky, this contest was for sunrise photos, but that does not mean the photos have to be just of the sky, there is enough sky, and having the trees have ghostly looking shadows coming from the sunrise makes it a perfect On Brief image!!! And the last thing I wanted to point out is that this photo looks really good in Black and White and if it was in color, I bet it would not look a tenth as good as this! So fabulous job on this photo and taking a photo good enough to be my First Place Winner!!!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is tremendous! The first thing I wanted to say is that in every review I give a photographer who has a photo that I am awarding Tenth Place to, is that my Tenth Place photo always is a super unique and creative photo, way more unique and creative than any other photo, now it might seem like Tenth Place is a sad position to be in because it is the last of the best photos, but this time since I am the judge, try to think of Tenth Place as actually a special award rather than an award that basically says "You did okay" and gets you sad. Okay, so now for the rest of my review... I love the how the one gondola is so close to the camera because it makes the photo look kind of intense! I also love the buildings. The sky looks super cool too because it looks like the clouds are moving by very quickly and it looks like it is ready to maybe rain in a little bit? But the most important thing of the whole image is that since it is Black and White, everything blends and it is harder to see everything, this is super awesome because it makes the viewers have to really look around a lot at the photograph to see everything and know what is really there, if it was in color, everything would stand out more and you would easily know what is there. So fabulous job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for 10th Place!!!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is super cool. I love the scenery. The sky is really nice, the silhouetted trees look cool, and the people walking look great too, it is also really cool that someone is riding a horse! It makes the whole entire photo look different in a good way and the photo would not be the same without that horse! But the best thing of all is the simple white frame! Of course I am not saying that the frame looks better than the photo but this photo has a unique "Vintage" look to it and the white frame somehow makes it look even more like it was taken back at least 40-50 years ago, I do not know when it was taken, nor if the white frame makes the photo look like it was taken from the old days to you and others, but it sure does to me! So amazing job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Ninth Place!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is gorgeous. I love how swishy the clouds are. They look so cool and there are so many shapes and patterns. Another thing I like about this photo is that you can see the ocean, but almost the entire photo is of the sky, it is good that you did this because the sky was a lot more worth taking a picture of than the ocean! And the last thing I wanted to point out is that I like how you can see the sun, but it is behind clouds so it makes it a little weird looking. So great job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Sixth Place!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is awesome. I love the light rays. It is also cool that you can see the sun through all of those trees! Another thing that is great is that you have used an effect on this photo which makes it have a more "Peaceful" atmosphere, it makes the photo look like this morning was really nice, peaceful, and gorgeous. The paved path look really cool too because it is the only thing that is Man-Made in this photo, the rest is all nature! So awesome job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Seventh Place!

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is really awesome. I love how the clouds are blurry from the Long Exposure and give the illusion that they are shaking. I also love the street lights, they look nice and give the photo an even more interesting look. Another thing that is cool is that the water is so still that the reflection looks perfect! And the last thing I wanted to point out is the walkway! I love everything about it, it makes the photo look more peaceful, it is cool how it is not curved, but rather has turns to it. But the best thing about it is that it makes this photo have composition added to it because the walkway is a perfect Leading Line into the gorgeous scenery! So fabulous job on this photo!!!

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In this contest, I would like to see your best black and white photos of sunsets and sunrises. Sunsets and sunrises are often very attractive for their bright colours but here I want to see photos of sunrises and sunsets with the colour taken away. I hope you have fun with this contest and please only enter photos in black and white.

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First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is incredible!!! I love how there are five layers of water from each layer of waves! Another thing that is super cool is that the wet sand right by the water is almost perfectly reflecting the sky! Also, the sun looks really nice because it looks so small! So awesome job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Fourth Place!

First of all, thanks for entering my contest. This photo you have taken here is totally amazing. I love the waviness of the clouds. I have never seen these types of clouds before so that is why I love this photo even more! You are the only photographer who had a sunset photo of these clouds which makes this photo another reason to be in my Top Ten. Everything about this photo is amazing and it is cool how the clouds have so much shade in them, some are black, some are grey, and some are white. So fabulous job on this photo and taking a photo good enough for Fifth Place!