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sunsets at lizard point

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adrian rathbone

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these where both taken from lizard point ( the uk`s most southerly point) using a canon eos 450

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this one was taken at 1/400 with an av of 7.1 at iso 600 witha focal length of 300 mm

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this one was 1/160 with an av of 9.0 and a low iso (100) using a focal length of 30 mm
 
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Mike Shimwell

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Hi Adrian

I prfer the first of these - I've not analysed in detail, but the second seems to be not quite there. I suspect the size of the burnt out sun and the lack of detail in the foreground, but without a strong silhouette, are part of this. The first I think is lovely, though it it was mine I'd crop the foreground to give a wider image. A ration of about 2 to 1 would seem about right, retaining the negative space, without the black dominating.

Mike
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Mike Shimwell said:
Hi Adrian

I prefer the first of these - I've not analysed in detail, but the second seems to be not quite there. I suspect the size of the burnt out sun and the lack of detail in the foreground, but without a strong silhouette, are part of this. The first I think is lovely, though it it was mine I'd crop the foreground to give a wider image. A ration of about 2 to 1 would seem about right, retaining the negative space, without the black dominating.
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Adrian,

I think Mike has an important point about the foreground. In the first picture, it would really emphasize the restful time of the day, the wide format with its calming effect gives us.

In the case of your second photograph, however, cutting off the foreground feature is not an obviously great idea! One might even think that the foreground is an important structure. However the land mass above projecting out into the water is much more important and compared to the design weight, the lower foreground edge is unable to provide any counter-force of consequence. Getting rid of it allows the upper picture to be bold and it simply works better for me.

Rather drastic, but I hope my view on the second image is one you might consider.

Asher
 
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