Sunsets and lightning

Empsson

My resent stay in Florida and Key West among others had some really nice moments and i thought i'd share.

C&C are always welcome.

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Thanks!

joshhuntnm

Id darken just a bit. exposure for the sky

MomaZunk

A couple of general comments.

1. I noticed you are not on manual for your low light shots. When using any auto or semi auto modes, the camera will try to expose as if it is day. For evening, and lower lit indoor shots, you need to reduce your exposure compensation, -0.3, -0.7, or -1.
For night shots I start with -0.7. But you can always lower the exposure in post too.

2. Shots above have the horizon going through the middle of the image. Try to decide which is more important: the sky or water / foreground, and move the horizon up or down accordingly. If you cannot decide, take 2 images, one with the horizon lower, and one with the horizon higher, then decide later.

You definitely captured some nice moments and colors. #4 is great timing, but that palm tree is distracting. Not sure of your photoshop skills, but if you could remove the palm in the middle, then crop in to just left and below the chairs, you would have an awesome shot.