Horses at Sunset

[Neville Bailey]

I took this photo while travelling between Greytown and Pietermaritzburg, in the Natal Midlands, South Africa - just before sunset.

I would appreciate comments regarding the composition and exposure of the photo. I have just finished reading "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson, and I tried to put into practice what I learned in that book.

Pentax *ist DL camera on tripod, f/22, 1/45 sec, ISO-200, 55mm focal length.

[teepee12]

I love it. The only thing I might do is lose the telephone pole.

[EOBeav]

Neville, what did your histogram look like on this one? To me, that space on the left side appears to be pretty blown.

Edit: If it's not blown, it's a bright spot that detracts from the rest of the image.

[dmann]

I like it but I would second trying to lose the power pole, it's distracting to me.

[navcom]

I agree with the folks here...the pole is distracting. Exposure-wise it works. Composition-wise, it's a bit hard to determine the main subject as everything is quite far away. Might have worked better to get closer (either with your feet or with a telephoto) to the horses and tighten up the composition a bit.

Hope that helps!

[Neville Bailey]

Originally Posted by EOBeav

Neville, what did your histogram look like on this one? To me, that space on the left side appears to be pretty blown.

Edit: If it's not blown, it's a bright spot that detracts from the rest of the image.

Here is my histogram. I don't think it is overexposed, as I set my exposure on the brightest part of the sky before composing the shot.

[Neville Bailey]

I will see what I can do about removing the pole, and then post the results here!