Sunrise in heavy mist

[Jeni Williams]

Taken in the Game Reserve during heavy mist. Canon 40D f8 1/400 (aperture priority)

[Cheryl Flory]

Hi Jeni, I like the sunset and the trees on the right and dark area on the bottom. I think I would add more to the bottom though.

[Arthur Morris]

What lens? The trick here was to move well to your left so that you could put the sun on the left side of the frame with the trees on the right; as is, the sun is too centered... Nice colors. Also, the tree on the right needs to be sharper (at capture--use a tripod and a smaller aperture...)

[Jeni Williams]

Sorry - focal length 280mm.
Unfortunately couldn't get out of car to reposition or use a tripod... not allowed as it was in "wild" country:)!! I did use a beanbag, possibly slight breeze causing a bit of movement.
Thanks for crit Art - am busy working my way through your basic PDF so hope to improve!:D

[Arthur Morris]

YAW. Could you or the driver have moved the vehicle???

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Jeni,
I like the feel and mood on this one. I agree with moving the sun in this case to the left... I like the soft mellow yellow hues in the sky...:cool:

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Jeni,
Silhouettes are some of my favorites but you need to pay extra attention to the placement of the main focus of your image (in this case the sun). I did a simple crop to remove the sun from the center and place it on the ROT (rule of thirds) spot. The slight blur doesn't bother me as much but judging by your conditions.......movement may have been a factor as well as DOF........either way a slight boost in ISO would have dealt with both. I also did a local contrast adjustment...........Unsharp Mask> amount 20.........radius 29..threshold 0. That being said........I think the crop helps improve this overall compositionally and this is a very simple yet pleasing image.

[Jeni Williams]

Thanks Roman - yes, can see the difference and understand what you did. Thank you for putting values in, now I can try it too!:D