Achill Island, Co. Mayo standing stones

[narmour]

Here is a photo from Achill Island in the west of Ireland... I'm very pleased with how it's turned out although would like opinions, especially as to whether I should've included more ground and less sky. I'm undecided. Bear in mind if I'd made it 2/3 ground 1/3 sky then the blue of they sky would've been missed. Thanks!!

[windrider86]

Per the guidelines, here is your exif info
Camera Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Exposure 0.033 sec (1/30)
Aperture f/22.0
Focal Length 11 mm
ISO Speed 100
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
X-Resolution 240 dpi
Y-Resolution 240 dpi

[Doug Sundseth]

Neither the foreground nor the sky is overwhelmingly interesting to me, but I'm very interested by the stones. Unfortunately, right now the stones are only a minor part of the frame, providing a background to the path leading up to them.

I would recommend one of two things to start:

1) Set your lens as wide as you can manage and get as close as you can to the stones without losing the ends of the subject in landscape mode. Tilt your lens up or down to emphasize either the sky or the ground.

2) Go farther away from the stones and zoom in to fill the frame with the subject, again in landscape orientation.

In both cases, you'll want to straighten your camera (it looks like you're tilted to the right here) and run your horizon somewhere other than through the center of the frame.

HTH