Hey! I like Sunset Photos....

Canon is having their annual "Photography in the Parks" contest and this year's theme is 'inspirational nature images'

UnBeige, of course, makes the connection between this theme and the most photographed image there is: the Sunset.

My favorite quote:

According to a national study, 92% of vacation photos consist of at least three pictures of sunsets.

And speaking of, here's my entry:

Yeah, that's a nice Birmingham Skyline. So what if I used Photoshop to enhance the shadows, that color is 85% real baby.

Actually I did that just to get this image out of it for my work desktop:

Now I went to a News Design Conference in Orlando a few years ago and this speaker said any filter in Photoshop should be outlawed because you're not really doing any work. True, I could have meticulously traced the photo in Illustrator and drawn it myself, but this took 5 minutes! Artists are getting all up in arms about the 'masses' being able to compete with their techniques --same with amateurs thinking they need a digital SLR camera for their snapshots...but the hard truth is that photography--and now illustration--is a high percentage of luck. Being in the right place at the right time. Anyone can do it. Let the protest begin.