Sun rising on the future
This is in the Arava valley in southern Israel near the Jordanian border.
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7 Comments
Makes a good advertising shot.
Thanks the power company did ask me to use it on their website. 😁
Did they offer you any money?
No, I'm not gonna charge them. I'm brand new to photography. This is truely the first image is done that I am really proud of. I wouldn't even know how much to ask for.
It's a decent shot, but there's room for improvement. For starters, the sky is rather boring, yet it makes up half of the image. Also, we see the scaffolding of the solar panels, which I personally would have avoided.
What to do?
You have leading lines galore here and they already point towards the actual subject, which is the distant hills and the rising sun. Try a telephoto lens here to compress the distance to the hills and make them bigger, instead of giving the upper half of the image to the boring sky, give it one third. Stop down your lens to f/16 and/or put something into the suns way (by moving around with the camera), partially blocking it, thus forcing a starburst. Experiment with a polarizer, see if it has a desirable effect on the panels.
Thank you. That's the kind of advice I was looking for. The location didn't lend itself to many angles as it is surrounded by a giant ugly fence. This shot is actually through a link in the fence.
If you're in touch with the company already, why not give it a try and ask them if they can give you access to the premises in exchange for an even better image - just a thought :-)