I really like how you have captured the clouds (or mountains or whatever the dark part of the sky is) making a diagonal line pointing at the sun.
My only complaint would be that you might have made it a more powerful shot by sticking to the rule of thirds placing the sun in the uppermost left hotshot and possibly the horizon in or near one of the horisontal thirds lines.
I really like how you have captured the clouds (or mountains or whatever the dark part of the sky is) making a diagonal line pointing at the sun.
My only complaint would be that you might have made it a more powerful shot by sticking to the rule of thirds placing the sun in the uppermost left hotshot and possibly the horizon in or near one of the horisontal thirds lines.
Apart from that I like your first try
I completely agree about the sun being too close to the left edge. I was trying to crop out a tree branch that I didn't notice when snapping the shot.... (See below.)
I disagree with some of the earlier comments. I don't think there is a problem with where the sun was placed. The image feels left-heavy and I think that is why people feel the sun is too far over. I think that having that railing on the right half of the image would balance it. But, overall, I really like it! Good job.
Thanks for the input guys. I did think about cloning out the tree branch, but I kind of felt like that would be cheating somehow.
I also fully agree that the balance would have been better with the railing on the right, but unfortunately there were trees to the left of the scene. Also, I was trying to catch the sun as it hit the clouds. I only had a few seconds to get the shot before it changed.
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A quick comment for your first sunset
I really like how you have captured the clouds (or mountains or whatever the dark part of the sky is) making a diagonal line pointing at the sun.
My only complaint would be that you might have made it a more powerful shot by sticking to the rule of thirds placing the sun in the uppermost left hotshot and possibly the horizon in or near one of the horisontal thirds lines.
Apart from that I like your first try
I completely agree about the sun being too close to the left edge. I was trying to crop out a tree branch that I didn't notice when snapping the shot.... (See below.)
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I also fully agree that the balance would have been better with the railing on the right, but unfortunately there were trees to the left of the scene. Also, I was trying to catch the sun as it hit the clouds. I only had a few seconds to get the shot before it changed.
Gear: Canon 7D
Canon 24-105 f/4 L
Canon 28mm f/1.8
Tamron 17-50 f/2.8
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