amazing sunset

[glizzy5116]

an amazing sunset i hope i did justice with this photo.

this is taken in Capol Australia at a horse event my wife placed third in ( a little bit of pride there )

EXIF Summary: 1/200s f/4.5 ISO100 18mm

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please give some critique on my triangle please, ISO, aperture, and exposure. I would also like some advice on composition for landscape. i havent cropped this one at all im more concerned with technique of composing this shot right.

thanks in advance for any comments or critiques.

glizzy

[ricklumpas]

I usually use a small aperture for landscape and f 4.5 seems to be so wide. Do you have shots when the sun was almost covered by the tress with only the sunrays through the silhouette.

[KansaiGreenie]

Hi glizzy,

Wow! Nice image! And congratulations on the third place finish. It sounds like you had a great day. Your wife placed and you got a great image!

I don't have anything to say about the exposure. I think you did a good job. The area around the sun is blown out, but you managed to keep good detail in the foreground. If you lowered the exposure to get more detail in the clouds around the sun, you would have lost detail in the field. I like it just as it is.

About the composition: overall I think you did a good job. But if I made the image, I think that I would have moved the horizon line higher in the frame. Right now it is slightly below half way showing more sky. The sky in the top part of the frame is kind of flat and not so interesting, but the grass & dirt and people & horses in the field are quite interesting. I'd show more of them. Having said that, the gates or fences on the left side are a distraction, mostly because I can't tell what they are. I would have tried to find a way to exclude them or find a way to include them so that they are an important part of the image.

Anyway, congratulations again. Well done.

KG

[alisham]

Nice! I love that the sun is not directly in the center. I suggest cropping out whatever is in the bottom left corner, its a little distracting. It definitely is composed beautifully, though.

[laurel2sg]

yeap, crop and balance the horizon would make it perfect. ^.^

[glizzy5116]

thanks to all who replied!

thank you for my first positive reviews.

correction its Capel Western Australia

thanks for the constructive criticism.

glizzy

[vbhakuni]

Nice shot....but i wud agree to the earlier comment that u sd hv tried a large aperture say f9 or f11 or u sud hv tried bracketing....!!!!overall i liked the shot