Ah, a stunning sky filled with reds and golds, pinks and purples. Here are a few pieces of advice from photo laureates to create dazzling sunset and nature photography pictures and win the photography contest.






Place the horizon off-center
We advise you to take the picture off center. The picture will be more interesting if the horizon is not in the center of the picture. To include a lot of the colorful sky, place the horizon in the lower third of the frame. In our photography contest, some of the most interesting entries are off centered.



Use night flash
Night flash combines a slow shutter speed to capture the background scene with flash that illuminates a nearby subject. It is especially good to create a sunset and nature photography composition picture of a person with the sunset or city lights in the background .

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Include a silhouette
photo laureates advises that sunset and nature photography compositions are even better when you include a foreground object such as a tree or a person silhouetted against the colorful sky in the background. Use the 'no flash" option on your camera, or it won't be a silhouette

Keep your lens clean
Dust particles, fingerprints, or other foreign matter can cause considerable lens flare when you include the sun in your pictures.