Bursting Sun

will-jum

Few 'sunbursting' shot's from a couple of week's ago.
Location: Whitick, Leicestershire, UK.

http://will-jum.deviantart.com/art/Dark-and-Light-81174521 (bigger image)


http://will-jum.deviantart.com/art/Twigs-81174759 (bigger image)


http://will-jum.deviantart.com/art/Black-tree-Purple-sky-81174991 (bigger image)


http://will-jum.deviantart.com/art/Standing-here-waiting-81175178 (bigger image)


http://will-jum.deviantart.com/art/Happy-now-81175419 (bigger image)


http://will-jum.deviantart.com/art/Slanted-Sun-81175566 (bigger image)


C&C Welcome!

dmmattix

I just love #5.

Very good batch.:ivar

jdmphoto

Very impressive, I really like 3,5,6. Personally I would like #5 better without the person in the picture but it looks great either way.

dadwtwins

the horizon in #3 is tilted but still is my fav of the series. Great series of shots

dmmattix

jdmphoto wrote:

Very impressive, I really like 3,5,6. Personally I would like #5 better without the person in the picture but it looks great either way.

The person is why I like #5 the best

saltydog

Uhm - can I be honest here? I don't think these shots are all that great. Everybody takes sunset pics (me included, and I don't always excel either), but these are cheaply cropped and exposed. They have no shadow detail, for the most part they sport an awkward aspect ratio, and the person going "woohoo" is a cheesy element trapped inside a bad crop at best. If you MUST go for sunset pics, try to do it full frame and try to give it some originality and technical savvy.

Sorry for the acid-tongued review. I don't mean to discourage you, go for what you love. This is just my opinion ...

Greetings and happy shooting,
Jana

will-jum

Thanks for all the comments everyone! Sorry about the bad crop on 3, i didn't particuarly like it so didn't pay it that much attention!!

saltydog wrote:

Uhm - can I be honest here? I don't think these shots are all that great. Everybody takes sunset pics (me included, and I don't always excel either), but these are cheaply cropped and exposed. They have no shadow detail, for the most part they sport an awkward aspect ratio, and the person going "woohoo" is a cheesy element trapped inside a bad crop at best. If you MUST go for sunset pics, try to do it full frame and try to give it some originality and technical savvy.

Sorry for the acid-tongued review. I don't mean to discourage you, go for what you love. This is just my opinion ...

Greetings and happy shooting,
Jana

I've done full frame, was trying something different, there's no merit in doing the same old thing, i wanted to try something different #care more if it's cheesy, tho thanks for the comment .
PS: What's wrong with the exposure?

shniks

I think #1 is the best of the series... the clouds show a lot of detail and are so dramatic... I would have liked to see more detail in the bottom (i.e. the land)... well done

Slinky0390

I think they are overall great! They are underexposed, but if you had perfect exposures, I don't think you would've gotten the cloud detail that you did unless you merged two differently exposed images. But IMO, the exposure is fine for these shots.

schmoo

will-jum wrote:

PS: What's wrong with the exposure?

What makes these images a strenuous on the eyes is the fact that there is so much area that is just flat black with no details. True, it brings out the details and colors in your godbeams but overall it's such a small percentage of each shot it makes the crops seem less than optimal.

The first one is a really nice balance of clouds and silhouettes.