Composition - The branches frame this shot in beautifully. I question the framing of this picture in general. I think a landscape shot would be more advantageous to show a little more of the landscape and a little less of the clouds at the top of the frame...
I think in the context of THIS challenge it was a good idea to include the differently-colored clouds at the top, even though a panoramic crop might make a better "sunset" picture overall.
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Composition - The branches frame this shot in beautifully. I question the framing of this picture in general. I think a landscape shot would be more advantageous to show a little more of the landscape and a little less of the clouds at the top of the frame. Those are a bit grainy for some reason. The sun is a little bit hot, but hey, it's the sun for Pete's sake. There is a very calm feeling to this photo, even though the water is so choppy. I think you did well with the composition of this photo, except for the orientation.
Technical - These shots are tough. I shoot a lot of sunrises and get caught up in the same type of scenario, with a hot sun that isn't lighting everything else up proportionally. So what I would've done is stopped this up to F6.3 or so and taken it again. Normally on shots like this I manually bracket it and take it hot and stop up from there to make sure I have the right exposure. I usually start where my exposure is a little higher than optimal and then turn the shutter faster every time I stop up. I probably end up with at least 5 shots of the same exact thing with the exposures getting darker as I go. Back to your shot.... I think that a higher F and shutter speed would've brought out the colors in the sky a lot better. You wouldn't really lose much detail from the branches or the rest of the landscape because they are pretty dark anyway. Most of those would be captured in silhouette which is a nice look anyway. It also might hide a little of the choppy water.
Overall - This is a pretty good picture as is. I think it wouldn't take a lot to make it really good. I like doing CC's on pictures like this because it's really up my alley, and its something that has a lot of potential and is worth the time to do these. Hopefully this could be some help to you and good luck in the future. - Inspzil
Love the framing with the branches. The sun is a little bit hot, but pretty well exposed. Too bad the water wasn't a little smoother. Nice shot overall
This is like one of those photos you'd find on travel magazines. The suns rays give a decent effect shining across the water like that, the sky in its many colors looks awesome. Nice natural framing using the plants. My only niggle would be that the sun is too centered in the image. I would have had it placed a third of the way over to the left or right.
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