Kruger sunset

[Chris van Rooyen]

An image from our photo safari to the Kruger Park last week. The air was filled with dust after a windy day, resulting in a spectacular sunset.

Camera Model: Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Date/Time: 2008:08:09 17:25:09
Shutter speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 16
Exposure mode: Av
Exposure compensation: -2/3
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Multi-segment
ISO: 640
Focal length: 700mm

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Spectacular it is...
Well exposed frame. Liked the reds. The two dry branches pointing away kind of balances each other out.

[Paul Marcellini]

Love that color. Simple and effective. Well done.

[David Steele]

You did well to get both foreground and the sun in focus.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Chris,
The color certainly was spectacular and the cloud adds to the image as well. Not sure I feel the same way as Kaushik about the branch on the right as it's smaller size tends to pull my eye out of frame.........I do like the base of the frame. Did you compose other angles with just the 1 branch?

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Nice image. I agree with Roman regarding the right branch. I think if the sun would have been bang at the centre, both the branches on the left and right would have helped. Overall I liked this image.

[Chris van Rooyen]

Thanks for the comments guys. Roman unfortunately I did not get the opportunity to take other angles, the sun was setting just too quickly.

[Robert Amoruso]

Nice work Chris. I am not bother by the right facing branch on the right as much as Roman.

[Noel Carboni]

Gorgeous! SO moody!

A real home run here!

Edit: Unlike some of the others, apparently, I like the branches just the way they are. Frankly, I feel the "pull" of the sun itself outweighs the "pull" of any branches. :)

-Noel