Assignment: Sunset in Avon N.C. in the Outer Banks
Most of the time when doing photography I've got my 200-400 f4.0 on the camera. This is one of the very few times that I had my 24-70 mm on. I'm hoping with all of your c and c's that I will learn more how to use this great lens. I have so much to learn so I look forward to all of your comments and critiques. Thanks for looking.
Hi Michelle - lovely colours and patterns in the sky.
IMHO - F8 is a bit shallow for this - You had shutter speed to burn- I would have swapped some of that for more DOF.
The mountain range is a little soft and dark for my personal tastes,might alos change the crop a little - this will work best with the horizon on one of the rule of thirds lines. Basically you want the horizon at 1/3 or 2/3 ish of the image.
Keep them coming :)
Hi Michelle,
I like the capture...agree with Mr. Peters on the techs. for my personal taste, I would lighten the over all image just ever so slightly...not by much...looking forward to your next one...:cool:
Michelle- Lovely sunset. The diagonal line of the clouds is very nice.
Just for fun, I asked myself where is the most dramatic portion of the image. This is really a matter of personal taste. For me, it is the sky, the clouds, the colors; I didn't feel like the water added much. So I cropped the top a bit and the bottom a lot, maybe I could have taken more off the bottom. I also did a bit of modifying with CS4 PS - levels (both black and white points) and modified the color saturation.
The re-post may not really represent what you had in mind when you took the photo. It is just a possibility for a different way to see the same image, more or less. If the water is important, then the metal structure seems distracting to me.
It is a sunset to die for.
Cheers
gail
Hi Michelle, The tech. side is very difficult for me as I too am still learning...however I know what appeals to me, and having said that, I like everything about your post. This scene conjours memories of fishing boats coming home.
I prefer to leave the water in and the little beacon I don't find distracting but adds to the feel for me. I don't mind the horizon either. To me the water line is fine. I feel you would lose too much interesting sky if you chopped off the top and too much "ambience" if you took off the bottom.
Gail's repost is interesting and puts a new perspective on the scene...but for me, I like the moodiness of the original.
Hi Michelle As presented you need to move the navigational marker of to a side .. or evict Would also darken the area just over the water.
I think the original crop looks very square and I'm having trouble with, also the sun would look bette toward on of the sides. I like the alternate crop and suggestion one more. All of this is just personal taste so don't worry about experimenting ... the more the better. Could of guides that usually work ... don't center the sun or the horizon .. but even those can be broken at times !!!
Thank you for all of your C and C. I really like every ones ideas. It's so amazing how one picture can bring out different ways to look at one picture. I'm so grateful for everyones input. I agree about the water, it didn't need to be there when I saw the sun setting that was what I was after. thank you again I look forward to posting my next picture for all of your comments. Michelle
Assignment: Sunset in Avon N.C. in the Outer Banks
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