Does anyone have anything that you can tell me good or bad about this picture,as I was looking up towards the hill as the sun was setting, and had this beautiful cloudscape.to Bad i couldn't catch it earlier!
Does anyone have anything that you can tell me good or bad about this picture,as I was looking up towards the hill as the sun was setting, and had this beautiful cloudscape.to Bad i couldn't catch it earlier!
I often like what you see, Bobby - in other words, you convey an essence of something you saw, which to me is what photography is largely about. It's a bit of beautiful scene, but impossible photo! Happens a bit. What I mean here is that, unless you were quick and did a series of different exposures and blended them in HDR, you're left with maxed-out highlights and shadows. If I try to bring up the shadows in this image to peer into the darkened foreground, I get lots of noise, so the shadow detail is unusable, unfortunately. Also, you've used a large (f/4.8) aperture which has reduced your depth of field, blurring the foreground detail. F/16 or even f/22 might have been better.
That sky is beautiful, and I like your composition. In your place, I might have taken just a skyscape.
As an alternative, I append an edit close to this, where I've DARKENED the foreground to make it more of a silhouette, and cropped it, leaving just enough to set the scene.
Wow, what an interesting shot Bobby!
I think the composition is fine - the hero of the image is that wonderful sky and I think the silhouette of the trees adds a recognizable foreground element that provides both context and scale.
I'm not sure I would crop any further as I feel the land needs some weight and the fact that it is dark seems natural to me. I actually like that there are delicate splashes of light coming through the trees - not enough to grab attention but just enough to create atmosphere and provide a veiled glimpse of the foreground.
Like Chris indicates a smaller aperture may have helped, but in some ways as the star of the image is the clouds I don't mind the trees/foreground being a little soft.
Well done!
Man thanks so much Alan, so much! It really makes me feel good to know I did something right......