San Francisco sunset

rookieshooter

D700
24-70mm

#1


#2


#3


#4 Tweaked this one a bit in post


#5


#6


#7 Last one -- light is fading away! Also have some spots on my sensor, doh.

eoren1

Interesting shots - they have a nice abstract feel to them
My favorite is probably #2 - though I think it could use a bit of cropping to bring that lone rock to the bottom 1/3 of the frame and the horizon higher up
the horizon is in the middle for all the shots and, while that 'rule' is made to be broken, I'm thing these compositions might be stronger by putting the horizon in the top 1/3 of the frame
As for the angle, I think 2 strikes the best balance given the sea conditions. With a very calm ocean, you can definitely go very low and let the water go to the horizon. With the waves, however, the horizon gets broken a bit and the eye wants to see more of the water (or at least mine does ).
Nice series.
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rookieshooter

Interesting observations. Thanks for the feedback. I'll mess around with the cropping and repost to see how they look

Edited a few:

CatOne

The problem is, there's no subject. There's color, and there's a horizon, and nothing else interesting.

I think it's easy to get carried away with the beautiful colors in a sunset. However, without some other subject to keep the viewer interested, nice colors don't really make interesting photos.

Photographer

I really like the colours.