So I'm at the beach in Monmouth, New Jersey trying to get a sunset shot and starting to become very disappointed because of these thiiiiiick clouds that were completely blocking out the sun to my 3 o'clock. All of a sudden, bam! It breaks and I'm able to capture this light. It lasted about 7 minutes and then more cloud cover and it was over. I guess I got lucky.

Canon EOS Rebel XSi, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM, Lee ND Grad Filters .6 and .9, Adobe Photoshop CS5.