Sunrise

[Travis]

Does this sunrise photo turn anyones crank?

[kiley9806]

lol - love the way youve posed the question...
i quite like it - i think that if the hill/horizon was a little clearer, little sharper, it would be an improvement. and if the sun were more visible, not quite hidden behind the branch. but i like what you were going for - like the fog & the colors...

[cdanddvdpublisher]

The fog does look great...

[Marko]

I think this shot came REALLY close. I love the mood, fog, colours and exposure.

What throws it off for me is the focal point. What is the focal point? Is it the tree branch or the sun? For me the branches INTERSECT with the sun and the shot would be more successful if the branches FRAMED the sun.


Also that fog is damn interesting, did you try other angles?

Hope that helps,

marko

[AcadieLibre]

Looks like your overlooking a valley, nice perspective. I like it but just find the tree (if thats what it is lol) a little distracting. I like the soft DOF behind the tree and if you were just a bit further from it, it may have looked more in place. Just a minor point, overall it looks great.

[Travis]

Looks like your overlooking a valley, nice perspective. I like it but just find the tree (if thats what it is lol) a little distracting. I like the soft DOF behind the tree and if you were just a bit further from it, it may have looked more in place. Just a minor point, overall it looks great.


lol.. thanks Acadie, I added in the tree thing for two reasons

1. To Add perspective

2. To cover up the branch of the big tree behind it that so far no one has brought up as a distraction

so I guess from the meaning of point #2... the shot was a success....

I had no room to move on this shot... I had a big tree to either side of me and power lines were just down below...

Marko - good question about the focal point.... I wish I could answer it... When I focused on the landscape, the little tree was obviously out of focus and not pleasing. When I focused on the little tree, the DOF kinda pastelled the background. I was unsure if the result was pleasing, this is why I posted the shot for critique.

I think I would have preferred the little tree to occupy the left third of the picture but this was not possible and would have exposed the secondary tree anyways...

oh well.... thanks for critique everyone...

[tegan]

There are a number of problems with this shot. The horizon is blurred and the overall focus is soft and that is not due to the mist. The image is too flat, despite the attempt at using a vertical. The shape of the tree does not look natural and interferes with the sun. There simply is not a centre of interest with sufficient visual impact to make this an effective image. Diagonal lines, foreground, middle ground and background make an overall scenic with greater visual impact.

Tegan

[Travis]

There are a number of problems with this shot. The horizon is blurred and the overall focus is soft and that is not due to the mist. The image is too flat, despite the attempt at using a vertical. The shape of the tree does not look natural and interferes with the sun. There simply is not a centre of interest with sufficient visual impact to make this an effective image. Diagonal lines, foreground, middle ground and background make an overall scenic with greater visual impact.

Tegan

oh well..... back to the drawing board as they say...

[tegan]

It can be frustrating at times when there is great lighting, clouds, mist, etc. present but no really effective centre of interest. I have been there, myself. One time I waited around and a guy in a canoe entered a scene at just the right time, but such luck is unusual. :) :)

Tegan