"Better" use of the sun?

[Optikal iLLusion]

Im posting this shot because the last one i posted that had the sun in it was all sorts of wrong. I was misunderstanding one or two of the functions on my camera so my exposure was all jacked up. Anyhow, I edited this so i could get the silhouette effect. All i did was use the Multiply selection in the layers panel in stead of the Normal one that is default in PSE. I just need to know if the sun is more okay in this shot compared to my last shot.

------->Oops.. shot in poor light again.

If not, how should i be changing my exposure settings to make it work? Thanks again.


Silhouette by ~Prjct86 on deviantART


Shutter Speed:1/664 second
Aperture:F/8.0
Focal Length:50 mm
ISO Speed:100