Hihi,
Firstly, also very much a learning amatuer like you, these are just my humble 2 cents opinions, could very well be wrong :sweat:
- The ground is brighter than the sky which is the source of light and is gives an unnatural feel to the photo. Not sure if this is an effect of the build in HDR of D800 ? In Landscapes section, you can refer to Stefan's , Scint's or Edutilos ' threads, very good examples of HDR being done.
- Composition wise, the railings seems to be given too much 'weight' in the photo, the more interesting elements like fullerton etc in the background seems to fight for attention. A bit hard to find focus in this photo. Scintt had a very nice shot taken a few metres from this spot and could be used as a good reference. No.334 on this page.
http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/land...-[scintt]-random-landscapes-singapore-37.html
- I would suggest not to over rely on HDR & try out other options of increasing dynamic range like Black Card Technique (Scintt's thread has tons of good example) or ND+GND Filters , focus & practise composition ( Edutilos's thread has incredible examples of good composition & all things landscape).
- again all these r my humble suggestions, most important is to enjoy photography as you go along
- Great effort for waking so early for this shot, keep shooting