Stormy day photo

[TonyinAus7]

Greetings,

This is my first photo to submit for your critique. Any suggestions on what I should or should not have done in this photo?

This was a cloudy day, but the photo was taken just off to the left of the sun.

Thanks,

Tony

Shutter speed: 1/1000
AV 5.6
Exposure Comp 0
ISO 80
focal Lengh 21.5mm

[windrider86]

Can you give us your exif (camera settings)? Knowing that can help in perhaps offering alternate settings of your camera for you. txs

[TonyinAus7]

I thought I did that. My Camera is a Canon G-12 and I was in Shuttle speed priority with Auto white balance. This with what I had already included is all I know to send.

Thanks,

Tony

[Krusty79]

Welcome to DPS. I think you've captured the drama of the sky, but I don't think the plants in the foreground are helping and the image could use a focal point. I don't know if you included the plants to frame the shot, but I think they are too intrusive. I think a boat in the water or something like that could act as a focal point and give the viewer's eye something to rest on. I'm curious why you chose shutter priority and f/5.6. Usually, in landscapes, you want a lot of depth of field. I would have used aperture priority and f/8 or f/11. One final thing - I would level the horizon.

[TonyinAus7]

Thanks for your comments.

I used several settings on the camera just to see which one would do the best. This one seemed to have what I was looking for. Also, I used 5.6 because that is the closest to the optimal aperture for the G-12. (5.0) I have since taken more photos under different conditions and have used my max aperture of 8.0. And I did re-position to take the plants out of the picture.
Thanks for the suggestion of a focal point, that is something that I need to remember.

Thanks again,

Tony