This photo satisfies requirement 5 - The Golden Hour

I walked down into "lake" lag just before sunset to take this shot of 2 boats that are stuck in the mud. There was still enough light out that I kept the auto settings on. I walked down close to the boats and crouched so that I could get the shot from only a couple feet off the ground.

In Photoshop, I cropped out the horizon line at the top to fill the frame with just the boats and a little bit of grass beyond them, and both of the sides too (so that it didn't look too wide)

This is a really awesome composition! Cool rich colors without being too in your face too.