is this considered a lansdcape shot?

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Been looking at this picture and I want to have it critiqued...However that's when my head started to get confused.. Is it a landscape shot? A little background on how i experimented with this angle, i was thinking of showing distance, (i wanted to include this photo in my letter to my husband and he and I are in a long distance relationship), and to incorporate the 'distance doesnt matter' theme... (wherever he is, we are both looking at the same moon). And then i looked at some definition of landscape shot, and it further confused me... lol!

Anyway, that's just one thing. Another is I want to ask if the photo invokes an emotion?

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i would love to hear what you have to say about this photo...

[LeeR]

The four great categories in art are; Portrait, Landscape, Still-Life and Nude. So, yes, this is a landscape. You have not told us what kind of software you have, if any, but this image could use some serious 'Levels' adjustments and a bit of burning and dodging. The thing that will add 'romance' to this image is the light in the clouds and there is some there but you are going to need to make some adjustments to make that happen. If you need help, let us know as there are several of us here that could show you how. There is also free software that can be downloaded to do what I am suggesting.

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Originally Posted by LeeR

The four great categories in art are; Portrait, Landscape, Still-Life and Nude. So, yes, this is a landscape. You have not told us what kind of software you have, if any, but this image could use some serious 'Levels' adjustments and a bit of burning and dodging. The thing that will add 'romance' to this image is the light in the clouds and there is some there but you are going to need to make some adjustments to make that happen. If you need help, let us know as there are several of us here that could show you how. There is also free software that can be downloaded to do what I am suggesting.

if you could suggest programs or related readings on how i could further enhance this photo, i would appreciate if you'd share me the link. and then ill try to do it and post it again...

i used photoshop..i adjusted hue and saturation.

[LeeR]

I don't know what kind of program you have but most have a function that will allow you to adjust the white point, black point and gamma (overall lightness or darkness). This is what is meant by 'Levels.' The other thing I think you need to do is a little 'burning and dodging.' These are terms left over from film days and they have to do with lithening and darkening specific areas of the image. Using just these tools I was able to produce the following image. I didn't spend a lot of time on it so with patience you should be able to do much better. (Oh, and if you don't have a good program, let me reccomend GIMP. It is very close in performance to Photoshop, but has the advantage of being FREE. Just do a Google search for it.) Let me know if you have trouble; send me a PM, I'll be happy to help.

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here's what i've come up with...what do you think of this version?

[LeeR]

One of the things pros do is watch the sun and moon tables. They are looking in particular for the times when the moon is full and will rise or set near the time when the sun will rise or set. These are great opportunites for some very dramatic shots if you position yourself in the right place on the day of the event. There will be several events like that this year, and I would encourage you to take advantage of them.
That being said, you have certainly made some improvements to this shot, probably as much as can reasonably be done. I would suggest you try again next month around the 28th when the full moon will be rising about twenty minutes after the sun sets, hopefully with enough light left in the sky for some really dramatic shots.