Weeping Willow At Sunset

[GMAN]

I captured this image of this weeping willow...Since I'm a novice to photography, I simply tried to implement some of the techniques that I read about on this website..Keeping the lines vertical and working on compostion! I wish I could have not had the light to the left in the shot, but I don't think it took anything away from my shot?

Camera Model Name
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Firmware
Firmware Version 00.00
Shooting Date/Time
2/14/2010 16:58:01
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/320Sec.
Av(Aperture Value)
F16
Metering Modes
Evaluative metering
Exposure Compensation
0
ISO Speed
100
Lens
EF-S18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Focal Length
33.0 mm
Image size
4272 x 2848
Image Quality
-
Flash
Off
White Balance
Cloudy
AF mode
One-Shot AF
Picture Style
Landscape

[navcom]

Hi! Nice concept! I know you said you tried to keep lines vertical but it appears very left-leaning...trees and horizon. I would try to straighten it more level. It feels like you should roll off the left side of the image.

As for the street light...clone it out if you have post-processing software. I attached an example (straightened and cloned out the light and the fence). Just my interpretation.

Hope that helps!

[windrider86]

A little trick I learned is to duplicate your image and change the top layes blend mode to either soft light or multiply. By doing so, you'll bring out the colors in your image to be deeper and more vivid.

[SuperDan]

Navcom really hit it on the head, where that lamppost and the left tilt threw the whole picture off.

Decent lighting there, and good use of siloughettes! (sp?)