Alaskan Sunset

[photobum]

This is a picture of the sunset in Alaska that I took from inside a train. Funny thing is that the sun didn't actually set for another 2 hours. I want to know what you think of it in general, and critique anything that you think I should improve. There were rain drops on the windows so I had to figure out how to make those invisible before the train passed by this stretch. This is one picture where it happened to work out for me.

ISO 400
105mm
f/7.1
1/1000
polarizer filter

[flytyer57]

I think this is a very nice picture. Especially when you say it was taken from a moving train.

Sometimes raindrops on windows will help make the shot, but not in this case. One doesn't normally think of rain on the windows with beautiful sunsets. If it was an overcast rainy day, then yes, foggy windows with raindrops are nice.

[EOBeav]

1. Why are you using a polarizer for this?
2. Why are you shooting from a moving object?

No soup for you.

[photobum]

I had the polarizer on from earlier in the day and had the camera out to shoot some of the mountains and glaciers on the ride back...it was still pretty bright for most of the trip. As for the moving object, I had no choice in this instance...it was too far to walk back, and my camera might not have survived the jump from the train.