Nature Sunrise Silhouette

wffwii · 01-26-2011, 11:39 AM

juu · 01-26-2011, 01:20 PM

The colours are very nice and give a nice mood to the picture.

However, the tree form gets lots towards the bottom and replaced with a bit too much negative space. Perhaps if you had taken it from a lower spot you could have more of the tree seen against the sky.

wffwii · 01-26-2011, 02:35 PM

Yeah the catch-22 with this one was that going lower meant that I would lose the sky behind the horizon. I was looking for the best available balance there. I had my 35-70 lens with me and the 18-55 was in the car... I had just got the lens so didn't want to shoot with anything other than it. So I couldn't get too much closer without being too close to get the entire tree either. Appreciate the feedback though. I need all the help I can get. ;-)

tessfully · 01-26-2011, 07:05 PM

The colours are amazing. New lenses are so much fun! this one did a great job. Could you crop this into a 16 x 9 (for example) to loose some of the negative space at the bottom?

**twilhelm** · 01-26-2011, 07:30 PM

Cropping would give you a good option to fill more of the image with the amazing sky.

Garden of the Gods is the only place I've ever seen colors like that, nice capture!

Tony

**Ash** · 01-27-2011, 01:52 PM

The consensus is agreed on my part also, though the main subject being the foreground tree makes the other elements to either side of the tree slightly distracting - problem is if you crop them out also, there is little room left for the tree to 'breath' in the frame. If it were on its own in the field, it would have been great, even to be able to frame it on one side of the frame rather than centrally, but otherwise this is a good silhouette with a nicely complementary sky.

The colours are bold and well processed, though you could even drop the temperature down a little further to town down the burnt out yellow/orange parts of the sunset.

01-26-2011, 11:39 AM	#1
wffwii Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Colorado Photos: Gallery Posts: 43	Sunrise Silhouette Lens: Pentax-F 35-70 Camera: Pentax K-x Photo Location: Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO ISO: 400 Shutter Speed: 1/4s Aperture: F11

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01-26-2011, 01:20 PM	#2
juu Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 680	The colours are very nice and give a nice mood to the picture. However, the tree form gets lots towards the bottom and replaced with a bit too much negative space. Perhaps if you had taken it from a lower spot you could have more of the tree seen against the sky.

01-26-2011, 02:35 PM	#3
wffwii Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Colorado Photos: Gallery Posts: 43 Original Poster	Yeah the catch-22 with this one was that going lower meant that I would lose the sky behind the horizon. I was looking for the best available balance there. I had my 35-70 lens with me and the 18-55 was in the car... I had just got the lens so didn't want to shoot with anything other than it. So I couldn't get too much closer without being too close to get the entire tree either. Appreciate the feedback though. I need all the help I can get. ;-)

01-26-2011, 07:05 PM	#4
tessfully Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: S. Algonquin, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,860	The colours are amazing. New lenses are so much fun! this one did a great job. Could you crop this into a 16 x 9 (for example) to loose some of the negative space at the bottom?

01-26-2011, 07:30 PM	#5
twilhelm Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,369	Cropping would give you a good option to fill more of the image with the amazing sky. Garden of the Gods is the only place I've ever seen colors like that, nice capture! Tony

01-27-2011, 01:52 PM	#6
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	The consensus is agreed on my part also, though the main subject being the foreground tree makes the other elements to either side of the tree slightly distracting - problem is if you crop them out also, there is little room left for the tree to 'breath' in the frame. If it were on its own in the field, it would have been great, even to be able to frame it on one side of the frame rather than centrally, but otherwise this is a good silhouette with a nicely complementary sky. The colours are bold and well processed, though you could even drop the temperature down a little further to town down the burnt out yellow/orange parts of the sunset.