Good Night

[Loupey]

Very cold and windy Saturday evening. Last rays of the evening.

[MB1]

Nice.

You could try ducking down another few inches so those plants in the foreground are just a little bit more prominent, the horizon is lower and there is just a bit more sky.

[pez31]

Evening and morning light are always great. I wonder if waiting for the sun to lower a little more would help. I think it would add more weight and depth to the foreground.

Regards,

Phil

[Greg McCary]

I like the foreground, sort of a circular light effect going on. Great colors in the sky as well.

[Old Timer]

I wouldn't change a thing. This is one fine image.

[GB1]

Loupey - Very nice, but I don't know what to do with the foreground. I wonder should there be more, should there be less? Since you can't easily add more, I would try cropping a little off just to see how it affects the feel of the shot. Nice blue sky and clouds btw!
GB

[Ronnoco]

Two things considerably reduce the impact and effectiveness of the shot. Sunset shots, one expects warmer colour and more drama to the sky. The foreground is also lacking in detail, and that could possibly be brought back with Photoshop.

Ronnoco

[harrie]

very nicely framed sun by the trees

harrie

[readingr]

Beautifully captured and for me just the right amount of detail in the darl areas.

Roger

[Loupey]

MB1: good point about making the foreground plants more prominent. My concern was trying to put enough "black space" between these plants and the horizon. But going to the extreme (having the foreground above the horizon) may have been interesting.

Phil: I was wondering the same thing so I did shoot some after the sun had set. The clouds looked better being lit from underneath but the foreground goes completely black.

Greg: thanks for noticing the circular effect. That is what intrigued me. No burning the corners here. Felt it gives it a natural "tunnel" effect.

OT: thanks for your kind words.

GB1: good point about the level of detail in the foreground. I have another version more exposed for the foreground but the sun/sky are completely blown out. Too windy to try a Photoshop HDR merge (the plants are not in the same spots). Would have been a perfect situation for a graduated ND filter. But I don't have one big enough for a 77mm diameter lens

Ronnoco: you are certainly correct about more drama in the sky. I was waiting for better clumps of clouds to move in which they did, just not in the right places As for the color - I agree that this image seems a bit cool (I think I was still cold when I processed this) but I was trying to reproduce the natural colors of that time - including the blues in the sky. I might try adding in some colors to see how that changes the image. As for more detail in the foreground, I like how the plants fade to black - just enough to let the viewer's mind easily fill in the blanks. Thanks for commenting.

Harrie: thanks for noticing the tree framing. Trying to capture the symmetry (yet asymmetry) there. But that necessitated putting the sun squarely in the middle between the two.

Roger: thanks for your comments! I appreciate your "agreement" about the dark area.

Thanks again for all the nice and productive comments. I'm still torn on this one. If I cover the lower plants, it's just a completely boring sunset shot. However, if I cover the top band of clouds, it's just an OK shot. The problem is that I need an unobstucted sun to backlight the foreground plants while at the same time I need a vast expanse of interesting clouds (as Ronnoco suggested) above that. This place is just a 5 minute drive from home so I will watch the weather and make some more trips to try to get some different versions. I may also get a wide angle prime so that I can use my Cokin gel filters again.