I would like feedback on the composition and exposure as I feel they are both lacking somewhat. The shot was composed primarily to capture the clouds which were amazing, and the passing storm.
It was approaching sunset at 5.20pm. This place I have been driving past every day for a couple of weeks but it's a really busy route especially at rush-hour and taking the shot meant a bit of off-road driving.
I wanted to capture a beautiful landscape. No emotions or motives except the enjoyment of photography!
I personnally feel the foreground a bit too cluttered and busy, but I tried to provide leading lines into the picture... (?) I think the sky came out just nice, however the area with the brightest sunshine is blown.
I maybe wrong (?) but bracketed (HDR) may have been one way to capture this scene correctly?
Post process using CS4:
Adjust horizon -0.2 degrees.
Neutralise white balance by adjusting curves.
Exposure was tightened a bit by adjusting levels.
Image cropped a little to remove plasic container from foreground.
Resized and finally sharpened.
Panasonic DMC-LX3
F2 @ 1/400
ISO80
24mm
It was approaching sunset at 5.20pm. This place I have been driving past every day for a couple of weeks but it's a really busy route especially at rush-hour and taking the shot meant a bit of off-road driving.
I wanted to capture a beautiful landscape. No emotions or motives except the enjoyment of photography!
I personnally feel the foreground a bit too cluttered and busy, but I tried to provide leading lines into the picture... (?) I think the sky came out just nice, however the area with the brightest sunshine is blown.
I maybe wrong (?) but bracketed (HDR) may have been one way to capture this scene correctly?
Post process using CS4:
Adjust horizon -0.2 degrees.
Neutralise white balance by adjusting curves.
Exposure was tightened a bit by adjusting levels.
Image cropped a little to remove plasic container from foreground.
Resized and finally sharpened.
Panasonic DMC-LX3
F2 @ 1/400
ISO80
24mm