Sunset from Pinnacle @ Duxton

[Kopred]

1. What area is critique to be sought?
- Is it clear enough without a tripod?

2. What one hopes to achieve with the piece of work?
- Capturing the nice sunset with the vast city in view.

3. Under what circumstance is the picture taken? (physical conditions/emotions)
- Impending storm coming

4. What the critique seeker personally thinks of the picture?
- Overwhelm by the coming storm.

Please kindly feel free to comment. Greatly appreciate it.
Many thanks in advance!

(Nikon D90 18-105mm ED VR)

 

[ed9119]

horizon's a little tilted

somethings got to anchor the image.... either a more dramatic (late) sky or something in the foreground

you seem an hour too early for the sunset

best of luck the next time round' :thumbsup:

 

[yc2005]

1) Horizon is tilted
2) There is no subject or main focus point to capture the interest of the viewer
3) It seems like more like a snap shot than a sunset taken with a tripod. Since you are armed with a tripod, you should have waited when the lights are better/dimmer and you can do long exposure, which would yield more interesting effect (eg. moving clouds)
4) It doesnt seem like an impeding storm to me, and I dont feel overwhelmed by the clouds either.

Try again next time at a better timing. Take more, post more, learn more

 

[gymak90]

Perhaps with stronger saturated colours and more dramatic clouds, it would have been a better pic

 

[altern8tif]

You may want to keep the rule of thirds in mind, especially if you're just starting off in photography. Your horizon should be positioned 1/3 of the way from the bottom of the photo. It'll make for a better composition.

Keep working on the fundamentals. Take more photos and look at more great pictures. You'll grow to be a smarter photographer.

 

[Wurdelak]

try going back to pinnacle and shoot again after you've read the comments of bros and sis here... it will help a lot, and you will see a big difference.

for now, this shot CMI... please don't take this negatively, am just being straight forward... since you put it in critique corner, means you are open for criticisms. keep shooting!

 

[pokiemon]

- skies are over blown
- buildings are distorted
- too much of nothing (skies)

 

[Kopred]

Thanks everyone for the comments.
I find the buildings on the left side seems to be alittle bit bend.
Any idea why is this so?

 

[denniskee]

Thanks everyone for the comments.
I find the buildings on the left side seems to be alittle bit bend.
Any idea why is this so?

that is perspective distortion / key stone effect.

nightmare has taken much effort to write this article, pls read

A Basic Guide to Processing Wide Angle Photographs in Photoshop CS2
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358469

 

[Kopred]

that is perspective distortion / key stone effect.

nightmare has taken much effort to write this article, pls read

A Basic Guide to Processing Wide Angle Photographs in Photoshop CS2
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=358469

Hi DennisKee,
Thanks for the link.

 

[jack_low]

1) Horizon tilted - It's a good habit to keep your horizon as straight as possible. Although it can be easily adjusted through post processing, the photo is subjected to cropping depending on how tilted is the horizon.

2) Lack of subject - Perhaps you can look for something that stands out or prominent such as landmarks, if not tall buildings, if not available, roads such as expressways forms curves and patterns are good in your composition too.

3) Rules of third - Position the horizon 1/3 from the bottom if your key subject is the sky, or 2/3 if you intend to show more cities.

4) Exposure - The sky looks quite overexposed. You might wanna try under expose slightly when you shooting this again. Remember, you can salvage an underexposed shot through post processing, but there's nothing you can do to an overexposed shot!

 

[Nel21]

1. The picture seems clear enough. Horizon i little tilt but you can correct with software.

2&3. "Nice sunset" and "impending storm" doesnt sound hormonious. The top half of the photo has the element of "Nice sunset" & lower part is "impending storm". Put both together it became a mundane scene. Focus on one.

4. No doubt at the moment you are overwhelmed by the coming storm but hardly felt from the photo. In this case you could recomposed to include more foreground and less blue sky. The impact of the impending storm will be stronger.

Good try anyway!

1. What area is critique to be sought?
- Is it clear enough without a tripod?

2. What one hopes to achieve with the piece of work?
- Capturing the nice sunset with the vast city in view.

3. Under what circumstance is the picture taken? (physical conditions/emotions)
- Impending storm coming

4. What the critique seeker personally thinks of the picture?
- Overwhelm by the coming storm.

Please kindly feel free to comment. Greatly appreciate it.
Many thanks in advance!

(Nikon D90 18-105mm ED VR)

 

[Akatsuki]

My humble suggestion -

1) Composition
Rule of 1/3 ... you can google it relatively easily... composition is the basis of everything... note the horizon as well.. you could use a tripod or pivot yourself against the railing or something... too much open space in the picture is not desirable, unless you have a very strong subject...

2) Sky overexposed / Landscape underexposed
you might one to try reading up on high dynamic range photography... using that technique will enable you to have both a properly exposed sky and landscape...

continue shooting and we will see your masterpiece in no time!

 

[Chrysophylix]

Maybe you may want to take away the housing and just focus on the sky instead.

Or you may want to use the rule of the third.

Whatever it is, I feel that your picture is blemished by the thin strip of housing blocks.

 

[engrmariano]

-tilted
-low contrast
-too much sky (less fore ground)

 

[dilfotto]

this could be a learning point,like what the rest has surfaced...though perhaps a first try, it could pave way for improvements later. in anycase..keep shooting...! hope to see more from you.

 

[cirenaiht]

for my point of view it's just a wrong timing..
maybe if you wait for another 30-45 mins the sunset will look more dramatic

 

[sinned79]

for my point of view it's just a wrong timing..
maybe if you wait for another 30-45 mins the sunset will look more dramatic

i concur.

something like this: