C&C on composition please

[Rafal]

Good afternoon everyone. Today was my first day to wake up early to experience the golden hour It wasn't easy but it was worth it , I think.
Here are photos from this morning. I just want to know if my compostion is getting better, but if you have time to give me some other tips please do..

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[BekahAura]

Hmmm well I'm not at all a landscape photographer so take my advice however you want to.

#1 & #2 are just blah to me. I have no idea how you'd improve the first one, but for the second one I suggest trying the other golden hour. Try sunset when the golden light will be illuminating the lighthouse instead of backlighting it.

#3 Very nice composition. I like this image a lot.

#4 Nice composition as well. I love the little shadows alongside the sidewalks. Great choice for sepia too!

 

[KmH]

What metering mode were you using?

The compositions are ok. But that doesn't help much if the exposure is an issue.

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[Rafal]

Hmmm well I'm not at all a landscape photographer so take my advice however you want to.

#1 & #2 are just blah to me. I have no idea how you'd improve the first one, but for the second one I suggest trying the other golden hour. Try sunset when the golden light will be illuminating the lighthouse instead of backlighting it.

#3 Very nice composition. I like this image a lot.

#4 Nice composition as well. I love the little shadows alongside the sidewalks. Great choice for sepia too!

Thank you Bekah, #3 is my favorite. The shadows in #4 was actually the reason to shoot that pic

 

[Rafal]

What metering mode were you using?

The compositions are ok. But that doesn't help much if the exposure is an issue.

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I used evaluative metering. What would've been better?

 

[TCD photography]

Here's my edit for #1:

#2: I agree with Bekah about the backlighting.
#3: Really like this one! Good job getting the water to look silky without overexposing the rest of the image.
#4: Love the contrast.

 

[Rafal]

If would use a haze filter when shooting #1 would it come out sharper? I'm not really sure how to tell . would this pic show you?

 

[KmH]

I used evaluative metering. What would've been better?

Any of the other metering modes your camera has: Center-weighted, Partial, or Spot (page 77 of your XSi user's manual) http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/3/0300000933/01/EOSRXSi-EOS450D_EN.pdf

Spot metering, and metering several points in the scene is what I would have used.

 

[Rafal]

I used evaluative metering. What would've been better?

Any of the other metering modes your camera has: Center-weighted, Partial, or Spot (page 77 of your XSi user's manual) http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/3/0300000933/01/EOSRXSi-EOS450D_EN.pdf

Spot metering, and metering several points in the scene is what I would have used.

I'll keep that in mind next time, thanks again