Taking sunset photos with a phone camera is a tricky business. Why? Because phones usually lack the controls needed for such captures, mainly exposure compensation. Faced with a bright light source, the camera will dramatically underexpose the rest of the picture. Some cameras (such as the one in the new iPhone 3GS) allow the user to specify the part of the image that should be used to calculate the exposure; in that case, the result is often a grossly overexposed sun. Today’s photo was taken this past Sunday at 8:46 in the evening; it shows that by carefully placing the brightest part of the image behind something, in this case a ship’s mast, one can obtain a pleasing picture that retains the mood of the scene. And with this sunset, we leave Saint Raphaël.