Carson Valley

[Tom_W]

Please let me know what you think my photo, specifically composition, exposure settings, color improvements etc. I'm a newbie here.
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Camera: Canon SX 10 IS
Shutter: 1/1,000
Aperture: f3.2
focal length: 7.28mm
ISO Speed: 80

[windrider86]

Hi Tom, first of all I would like to offer you a warm and ownderful welcome to DPS!! You'll find tons of information here to help you on your photography journey.
If you wouldnt mind, please take a moment to read thru these guidelines.They are located at the top of each thread and can ve a tad idffirent for each thread.

[Tom_W]

Thanks for the welcome. I read over the guidelines and added some more information to my post.

[emtab]

Hi Tom_W:
regarding the specific questions you asked:
Composition: nice use of the rule of thirds but the composition feels a little unbalanced to me for two reasons. The clouds in the sky on the left of the picture feel a bit cut off... I think it might have added to the shot to capture them and increase the drama in the sky. You might have also added some near distance or foreground elements to add interest.
Exposure settings: the exposure is decent... with some PP it could look much better, but all and all not a bad exposure to start from.
Colour improvements: maybe a bit too blue in the clouds along the horizon. With some PP correction this would be less of a problem.

Hope that gives you somewhere to start from.
regards,
emtab

[Tom_W]

Thanks or the composition advice emtab. I am definitely still learning.