C&C please - Skylines & Sunsets

WexfordMusings

Hi All,

I've finally got to grips with posting here so this is last weeks attempts. Any advice?

No.1


No. 2


No. 3


No. 4


And finally No. 5

Culann

I'm still new here so I'll give my opinion, for what it's worth.
1. Doesn't really do anything for me - there is no 'interest'. There is just the glare of the sun going down over the horizon.
2. I like this one. The colours are warmer and the silhouette of the boat adds something
3. The colours are nice in this one as well. I think the car is a little distracting. It might have looked better (in my opinion) with the full span of the bridge in silhouette, with the sky above and below it, but I don't know if this would have been possible, or perhaps more sky and less water.
4 and 5. They don't really do any thing for me...4 has the telephone wires going through the sky and too much flat sky. 5 might have been better with more 'sunset' colours in it, as the foreground is good.

Thanks for sharing...feel free to rip the s**t out of my posts

WexfordMusings

Thanks Culann. Loads to think of there. I agree that no. 1 doesnt have much interest now that I look at it. I was very happy with the framing of no. 2 though

I dont think it would be worth taking the telephone lines out of pic no. 4 as it would still be a little flat. Or is there any post-processing that can be done to liven it up?

My favourite is the last one as the clouds came out nicely.

Borderfox

I quite like number 2

dame

I like No 4 and especially No 5

rymus

the last is probably the best of the bunch for me.. although I would remove that bit of flare at the bottom of the photo

Eirebear

I like number two...although maybe the flare from the sun is a little too strong.
Its certainly too strong in the 1st.
The third one has potential i think, again the sun is slightly too strong in terms of flare for me, and the car takes away from it overall, but i like the angle and the silhouetted person on the bridge

Number four is a nice shot, again there's a little bit of flare at the bottom but that's easily fixable.

WexfordMusings

Thanks everyone, I must check the lens to see if there is a smudge on it as the last 2 pics were taken on the same day so there might be something on it!

Third_Echelon

No.2 is definitely the best i think, but as EireBear suggested, the flare is a little strong...

I usually love taking pics in this type of light. Some of my best I think. There is so much you can do with shadows etc. Just experimenting can produce some great results.