#1
I love the sun in this one, and I can't find any flares either! I like the overexposed sun part. Was it rising or setting? Perhaps I'd like to see a little more of that nice, warm light that shines on some flowers and the trees, that I like very much. That light there is fantastic. As for the foreground, I feel it could have been a little brighter.
Oh, and there's some vignetting that I don't like. Noticeable in the upper blue corners.
The sun was setting. #1  were taken on the same evening. The gondola up the mountain is only open late one night each week and it was a ridiculous hike up the mountain so I didn't get any sunrise pics unfortunately.
I did not notice the vignetting before. Good call. When I shot the picture I purposely positioned the flares in areas where I knew it would be easiest to remove with content aware fill so it was a snap to clone them out.
#2
Again, love the sun rays you're getting. I love the view. However, that little tree in the front, that's just misplaced, imho. It does nothing to the picture but draw the attention from the view and the sun. It seems to me this image doesn't have a foreground. That tree could perhaps have been part of it, but it's cut off. Perhaps some grass if you have lowered the camera a little. Personally I like having a foreground element in shots like this, but I guess it's personal opinion. Those dark clouds are a but weird, perhaps? I dunno. Oh, and there' some vignetting here as well. Did you do something with the forest in lower left corner? Something just seems cloned or something down there. Perhaps I'm wrong. Again, that tree just shouldn't have been there!
I will clone that little cut off tree out. You're right, it does interfere with the foreground, or apparent lack of foreground. The trees were honestly not as green and lush as I was hoping for, kind of disppointing so I decided to concentrate on the wider view. I cloned out a lot of flare in the forest area. It's possible you are seeing remnants of that.
#3
Was your vision to sort of show off that little village thing under the mountains and the sunset? I don't mind the people ghosts, actually. It adds life to the village. One thing I'd like to see was that direction arrows on the roof there more up into the sky. The black silhouette would look nice, I think. That red "do not enter" sign annoys me a little, but I guess those are out of your control. As a general photograph, I'm not sure. As a tourist magnet picture or something like that, appearing in a village magazine or something... then I think it would be great!
I basically wanted to show off the sky in this. this was the first night and the sky was never this good again the entire week we were there. there were two "Do Not Enter" signs, one on each side, I took care of the left hand side one, but apparently elected not to do the right side. LOL. I'll get right to it. I agree on the ghosts adding life the the village.
#4
That sky is great. It's vibrant even in greyscale. Some blown highlights in the clouds, though. I'd like more detail in there. I like the placement of the horizon, and those snow capped mountains are wonderful! I feel some detail is lost in the trees. Perhaps a little dark? This image has great depth, I think. Again, a foreground element would perhaps be nice, and would add even more depth.
Great shots, I think! :thumbsup: At which time of day was these taken?
I was taking 9 shots of each scene BUT I got significan't cloud movement in a 9 exposure set so it made the clouds look really weird. I elected to only use 3 exposures for each HDR so I probably didn't have enough exposures to encompass the entire EV range.
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