Nature Rimini sea

crinsubrick · 08-14-2012, 07:51 AM

Hello all!
What do you think about these 2 photos?
I've done at Rimini sea in Italy at 6.21 am, I'm not sure about the exposure, is 1/1250, but i was sure to put the sun in the center as it is in the solar system.
I tried to modify the photo on Paint shop, and the result is the second one.
Criticized so much!!
Thanks.

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Vasyl · 08-14-2012, 11:19 AM

crinsubrick · 08-15-2012, 11:24 AM

Good!
Wich kind of settings you did?
Thanks.

Vasyl · 08-15-2012, 03:34 PM

PP-ed in GIMP 2.8

Alliecat · 08-16-2012, 09:43 AM

Putting your centre of interest on a third line rather than in the centre can sometimes help composition. For sunrises & sunsets you can take a reading off the sky without including the sun, then compose your shot. It will keep you from underexposing quite so much but should still give you a nice sky & a mostly-silhouetted foreground.
Not crazy about the 2nd one. It looks overdone to me, & that much blue is not really compatible with the angle of the sun. When the sun is low in the sky, you see much warmer light, & more reddish tones. Somehow the blue with that low sun just doesn't 'work' for me -- unless it was on an alien planet!

crinsubrick · 08-30-2012, 08:49 AM

Thank you so much!

**ramseybuckeye** · 09-02-2012, 08:41 AM

I think sunrises/sunsets really suffer when they are centered, the rule of thirds works better on them than on many other photos. I also don't think the jet skis and thing on the right do anything but clutter the shot, possibly even the fisherman on the left. I don't really care for the look of the second either, possibly between the two.
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08-14-2012, 11:19 AM	#2
Vasyl Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 648

08-15-2012, 11:24 AM	#3
crinsubrick New Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 7 Original Poster	Good! Wich kind of settings you did? Thanks.

08-15-2012, 03:34 PM	#4
Vasyl Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Photos: Gallery Posts: 648	PP-ed in GIMP 2.8

08-16-2012, 09:43 AM	#5
Alliecat Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: East of Everywhere, Canada Posts: 740	Putting your centre of interest on a third line rather than in the centre can sometimes help composition. For sunrises & sunsets you can take a reading off the sky without including the sun, then compose your shot. It will keep you from underexposing quite so much but should still give you a nice sky & a mostly-silhouetted foreground. Not crazy about the 2nd one. It looks overdone to me, & that much blue is not really compatible with the angle of the sun. When the sun is low in the sky, you see much warmer light, & more reddish tones. Somehow the blue with that low sun just doesn't 'work' for me -- unless it was on an alien planet!

08-30-2012, 08:49 AM	#6
crinsubrick New Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Albums Posts: 7 Original Poster	Thank you so much!

09-02-2012, 08:41 AM	#7
ramseybuckeye Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Hampstead, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 17,295	I think sunrises/sunsets really suffer when they are centered, the rule of thirds works better on them than on many other photos. I also don't think the jet skis and thing on the right do anything but clutter the shot, possibly even the fisherman on the left. I don't really care for the look of the second either, possibly between the two. two crops that make the walking couple the subject: