Which Crop works best?

Was wondering what everyone thought. I like both, but leaning towards more beach than sky.

All comments appreciated!
James

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Number 2 for me...

I think id prefer a happy medium, leaving a trailing bit of the beach in the shot and decreasing the sky slightly..

^^I agree with above and also crop the empty space to the right of the sun. Using the rule of thirds.

How's this?

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Hi James - the last one looks nice. It looks though like you may have a bit of halo action going on though with the dock top edge and maybe part of the horizon. I can't tell though if it's from sharpening or a little bit too much saturation.

I was going to suggest a middle ground...then I scrolled to the third edit. Love it ; )

#2 is better than #1, but is a little too obviously ROT inspired.
Cropping the top off #2 to leave a 50:50 horizon works well, at least in my eyes.

Thanks all. I'll work with #3.

AHHH!! I can't decide!

I like number 2 the best. Your sky is much smoother and appealing than the beach.

I still vote for number 2

Here is option 4 Hope you don't mind.

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I'd go with something between #2 and #4. So; divide by 3rds with the sky having the larger.

Infinite Divide - you divided it almost exactly in half. Sorry, to me that's a compromise. Either pick land or sky.

I agree, I wished to keep the same aspect ratio. I liked seeing the edge of the beach, but the sunset appear too centered now.
My crop is not without it's own faults. A 16-9 letterbox size may work better, removing about 30% of the sky above the sunset.