3 More for Critique

[Kevin]

So, in an attempt to improve from my last outing, I'm interested to hear thoughts on these there. I tried to pay attention more to including some foreground element in the sunset shots and tried to compose the "night" shot to include foreground, midground and background elements. Are they improved? Thanks in advance for your comments.

Night shot: 0.6 sec @ f10, 25mm, ISO100 used 24-70L/f2.8 & 30D
http://www.kevinpaavola.com/PixelShooter/LakeApopkaMatte.jpg


Sunset #1: 2.5 sec @ f10, 24mm, ISO100 used 24-70L/f2.8 & 30D
http://www.kevinpaavola.com/PixelShooter/LakeApopkaSunsetMatte.jpg


Sunset #2: 3.2 sec @ f11, 24mm, ISO100 used 24-70L/f2.8 & 30D
http://www.kevinpaavola.com/PixelShooter/LakeApopkaSunset2Matte.jpg

[David Cramer]

Kevin - I hate to tell ya.... but these are all very good. The last one is a real beauty. Not only do these have good composition, but you've balanced the light/dark areas very well. I look forward to seeing what you do with mountains. .

[MGlennn]

These are gorgeous Kevin !!! :D Only thing I might suggest is to clone out the brush coming in on the left in #1......super job :) :) :)

[Kevin]

Kevin - I hate to tell ya.... but these are all very good. The last one is a real beauty. Not only do these have good composition, but you've balanced the light/dark areas very well. I look forward to seeing what you do with mountains. .

Oh good! I'm glad it worked. ;) The vertical sunset I was playing around with the line of the reeds and trying different things. Then that sky happened in the last one. For me, it became the central point of the image so all else in the shot was secondary. I tried to include the reeds to provide something else in the shot for the eyes.

Man, I'm starting to get nervous about the mountain landscapes. I've been reading a couple of books trying to make sure that determining exposure visually is engrained in my brain. I've got all my filters now and some reading material for the plane ride to the Great White North. HOpefully I"ll have something worthwhile to post while I'm away. :o

[Kevin]

These are gorgeous Kevin !!! :D Only thing I might suggest is to clone out the brush coming in on the left in #1......super job :) :) :)

I actually thought about that but wondered if I should just leave them be. I don't know what I'll do with this shot as it really was just a practise shot. If I print it or something, then I'll probably take your advice and clone out the reeds.

Thanks Mike for the comments! :)

[David Cramer]

Kevin, there is another step you can take, following along Mike's line of thought. You have very good images here, that really don't need much done to them. But I often find I like to diddle with them a bit, and usually I see what I want to do AFTER I've printed an 11X14. For example, in your third shot (and keep in mind it's hard to judge any of this on the web), are the lights on the left horizon important? You might think of eliminating them, if not. But it certainly doesn't hurt the shot to keep them. Also, I would probably want a deeper blue in the top of the image (a personal preference) - so look it over and see if you want to enhance the color or the contrast in any way. Sometimes doing this actually makes it look more like the scene you saw, sometimes it changes it to a more personal liking that is different from the actual scene. All part of being an artist.

[Ron D]

I agree with David about the lights in the 3rd one, maybe clone them out to see if it enhances it. The first one the same as Mike but also the small speck in the upper right in the water. Otherwise nice pictures. I would have the 3rd one on the wall in a 20 X 24 in a second

[Joe]

Absolutely love the color and compostion of #1. I would crop it pano style and cut off the bottom tuft of bushes on the lower right edge of the frame. That would make a gorgeous wide print of say 16x30 on my Epson 4800. :) I'd love to print it for you (ink is on me) if you buy your own paper (a nice roll of canvas perhaps?). The offer is there if interested.