light rays and landscape

[limpingcrab]

some people like this shot and some don't. if you do or don't let me know why so i can improve. processing? composition? lighting? thanks-

[Doctor Atomo]

Love the rays, the church is surreal, IS it real? Love the overall color tone, Maybe getting a little muddy in the trees on the center right, could you improve the contrast there? It could just be the size of the sample, also it is a little large in my browser, I think the forum standard is 740px long side.
Beautiful and unique!

[barabe]

very interesting sky and scenery. to make a stronger picture, i would crop out some of the taller wheat at the bottom so the horizon would be at the 1/3 bottom line. I would also try a bit of a boost in saturation and contrast.

[Doctor Atomo]

My impression is that the O.P. was going for an almost sepia tone. Maybe crop just like 10px or so off the bottom, though I like the figure in the wheat at bottom. I think it adds interest... also I think the thirds law was made to be broken..., but yeah, a little more sky would be nice...

[leviathan]

To be perfectly honest, I think the content in the image is all gorgeous and interesting. And it looks like you were probably overwhelmed and amazed by the beauty of the moment and wanted to capture it all. What it has resulted in, in my opinion, is that you have multiple subjects that weren't given enough justice, aesthetically speaking. The wheat fields in the foreground are gorgeous and mesmerizing and the sun rays shining on the church is fantastic! I think to give the content justice you probably should created two separate images: one image that focuses on the sun rays shining on the church; and a second image with the wheat fields being the main subject with the church in the background. Unfortunately, to try to include all three (sunrays, church, wheat) the church ends up being framed awkwardly. I've cropped the images as an example. I've also leveled the horizon and boosted the saturation some.

[SuperDan]

I agree with leviathan about wanting to capture it all....
First of all, Nice Shot!

I do think that maybe a tighter shot would be better though as there is a little too much wheat in the front....
i think that this would be a perfect pano shot

Keep em coming!

[limpingcrab]

thanks everyone! i spent so much time worrying about getting the scene in that i didn't frame it as creative as i should have. I've cropped it and i like it a lot more!