first picture post

Tell me what you think

The foreground and people in silhouette is fine, but I'm not sure about the far shore having no detail. What about cropping everything off the top until it just barely shows the beginning of the far shore? – TF

I agree with oldclicker's idea. That will make the people the pop.

John

Welcome to the forums and thank you for sharing your picture.

The lack of detail on far side doesn't bother me but I think you could lose all but a sliver of the sky.
I like silhouettes and this is pretty nice one.

thanks for the tips. i'll toy around with it a bit.

here's the picture with the changes suggested. i like the second one myself, but what are your thoughts

I agree that the second is the better of the two. Nice shot. - TF

Welcome to the forum. I like the original image posted. I think cropping a bit off the top and increasing exposure slightly will bring out the light in the water and get the silhouettes to pop a bit more. I have no problem with not seeing anything/detail in the shore. The major issue I have with this shot is that there is no golden moment here. Having a shot of a tranquil scene with only the silhouettes of a couple, I think we need to see a moment where they are either looking at eachother, kisssing, embracing, both looking out towards the sky but something to give the viewer a story to work with.
Right now, he looks like he is looking into his bag or cup and she looks like, well she might be looking somewhere else, but thats the point. There is no real definition for us to conjure up a story.
So, my big issue here is just lack of that right moment. Most everything else here is ok.

I like the original image posted except for the fact that the horizon is just about dead center, so Gary has given you really sound advice in that respect. As for effect, this is one of those shots that would benefit greatly from a "high pass" sharpening, as it would make the colors pop without brightening the blacks. I do also tend to agree about not having a story here though. Your subjects aren't really doing/showing anything worthy of subject status, so there really isn't any story. About the best my imagination could come up with on it's own was that this would make a really good brochure cover for a divorce counseling center (probably NOT the story you were hoping to tell).