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JeffC230

So many more! Please let me know what you think thanks so much

boco

beetje vreemde kleuren.
ook de zon te fel.
wat was je diafragma..?
grt,boco

kdog

Hi Jeff, welcome to the Landscape forum! Some good elements in this shot with the sunset, ship and reflection. The composition could be improved by offsetting the horizon so it's not centered in the Y direction. Perhaps a landscape (horizontal) orientation would have worked better here so we'd see more of the horizon. Likewise, the sun is always better off not-centered in the X direction. With that bright sun, it's a bit like looking into a bare lightbulb.

The whiteness of the sun is caused by saturated (blown) pixels and so there's no detail or colors there -- just pure white which is pretty harsh. . I'm wondering what the scene would have looked like a few minutes later when the sun was lower and filtered though those clouds on the horizon. That would have reduced the brightness of the sun and added some color to it.

The other way to get color out of a bright sun like this would be to do an HDR or manual blend of several shots at different exposures. At least one of the frames would be exposed for the bright sun, and another would be exposed for everything but the sun. Combine the two and you have a correct exposure on everything.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

JeffC230

kdog wrote: »

Hi Jeff, welcome to the Landscape forum! Some good elements in this shot with the sunset, ship and reflection. The composition could be improved by offsetting the horizon so it's not centered in the Y direction. Perhaps a landscape (horizontal) orientation would have worked better here so we'd see more of the horizon. Likewise, the sun is always better off not-centered in the X direction. With that bright sun, it's a bit like looking into a bare lightbulb.

The whiteness of the sun is caused by saturated (blown) pixels and so there's no detail or colors there -- just pure white which is pretty harsh. . I'm wondering what the scene would have looked like a few minutes later when the sun was lower and filtered though those clouds on the horizon. That would have reduced the brightness of the sun and added some color to it.

The other way to get color out of a bright sun like this would be to do an HDR or manual blend of several shots at different exposures. At least one of the frames would be exposed for the bright sun, and another would be exposed for everything but the sun. Combine the two and you have a correct exposure on everything.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Thank you so much for your input! I am so new at this.....I honestly edited the photo to look like that because I liked the oranges and thought it popped. But now that you are saying that, it all makes sense. I am not sure how to do HDR shots.....but will work on it!

kdog

You're welcome! You might also read up on rule-of-thirds composition. It's a real simple guideline (there are no rules) for helping to decide where to place important elements in your shot like the sun for instance.

kobistar

Wow! very nice.

JeffC230

kdog wrote: »

You're welcome! You might also read up on rule-of-thirds composition. It's a real simple guideline (there are no rules) for helping to decide where to place important elements in your shot like the sun for instance.

I will read up on it more! thanks so much