Dull Sunsets Lead to Dull Photos... Do you agree?

[D-B-J]

What's Hidden Underneath by f_one_eight, on Flickr


Cheers!
Jake

 

[PropilotBW]

I think it's a very nice photo. But I can sort of agree with your statement if you're prying for an opinion. You have noticed something isn't interesting about your photo. when I look at the sky, it lacks a little interest. I then search around your photo for something more interesting than the sky and the few rocks in the foreground, and I just can't find the interest.
So, maybe if the sky lacks interest, there has to be a better land subject in the composition than the few rocks in the foreground and the sparse trees across the pond...then the sky won't matter what color it is.

A dull scene leads to a dull photo. A dull sunset has nothing to do with it. Your technique is very nice, though.

 

[BillM]

Agreed, not that you have that issue here. Nice shot :thumbup:

 

[D-B-J]

I think it's a very nice photo. But I can sort of agree with your statement if you're prying for an opinion. You have noticed something isn't interesting about your photo. when I look at the sky, it lacks a little interest. I then search around your photo for something more interesting than the sky and the few rocks in the foreground, and I just can't find the interest.
So, maybe if the sky lacks interest, there has to be a better land subject in the composition than the few rocks in the foreground and the sparse trees across the pond...then the sky won't matter what color it is.

A dull scene leads to a dull photo. A dull sunset has nothing to do with it. Your technique is very nice, though.

Thanks, your sentiments sum up my thoughts exactly. The scene didn't seem to have much in terms of interesting subjects. Nothing good in the foreground, and the same went for the sky. I just posted it for S's and G's.

Cheers!
Jake


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[D-B-J]

Any more thoughts?

 

[Derrel]

I wonder if with an instantaneous exposure, if it might have been possible to aim the camera from a lower vantage point and a slight angle, and to show the rocks larger and make them more prominent, and show the sunset as a reflection in the water's surface?

 

[vintagesnaps]

I'd think about the framing. The sky seems to have less pattern or contrast to balance all that great pattern and texture in the rocks in the foreground.

There's some pattern in the clouds just above the shoreline to the right. Without the top portion of the photo it could bring the viewer's attention in better, more to that bit of cloud pattern that might better balance the bottom of the photo. (So basically I'd make copies and try some crops; usually I don't crop much or often but sometimes if lopping off a portion of a photo works better, that's what I'll do.)

Sometimes if I don't like what I see in front of me for a photo, I move around til I see it (whatever it might be); I might try horizontal or vertical instead or change my vantage point or frame it differently. Or move on til I see what works.

 

[D-B-J]

I wonder if with an instantaneous exposure, if it might have been possible to aim the camera from a lower vantage point and a slight angle, and to show the rocks larger and make them more prominent, and show the sunset as a reflection in the water's surface?

Sadly it was breezy, so that would have been un-achievable with all the little ripples on the water. A good thought for a future shoot if the water is calm, though.

 

[D-B-J]

I'd think about the framing. The sky seems to have less pattern or contrast to balance all that great pattern and texture in the rocks in the foreground.

There's some pattern in the clouds just above the shoreline to the right. Without the top portion of the photo it could bring the viewer's attention in better, more to that bit of cloud pattern that might better balance the bottom of the photo. (So basically I'd make copies and try some crops; usually I don't crop much or often but sometimes if lopping off a portion of a photo works better, that's what I'll do.)



Sometimes if I don't like what I see in front of me for a photo, I move around til I see it (whatever it might be); I might try horizontal or vertical instead or change my vantage point or frame it differently. Or move on til I see what works.

I really didn't find anything that caught my eye. I couldn't seem to make it "work."

Cheers!
Jake

 

[Derrel]

I really didn't find anything that caught my eye. I couldn't seem to make it "work."

Another argument in favor of shooting sheet film where you're looking at a $3.00 sheet of film and $5.00 per sheet in processing. Sometimes the best solution is simply not to take the shot. But with digital, there's so little penalty financially, that that seems almost incomprehensible.

 

[D-B-J]

I really didn't find anything that caught my eye. I couldn't seem to make it "work."

Another argument in favor of shooting sheet film where you're looking at a $3.00 sheet of film and $5.00 per sheet in processing. Sometimes the best solution is simply not to take the shot. But with digital, there's so little penalty financially, that that seems almost incomprehensible.

That's very true.


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[CdTSnap]

I like it, awesome photo

 

[D-B-J]

I like it, awesome photo

Well thank you!


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[manaheim]

All sunset photos are dull in my book.

 

[Rags]

I'd think about the framing. The sky seems to have less pattern or contrast to balance all that great pattern and texture in the rocks in the foreground.

There's some pattern in the clouds just above the shoreline to the right. Without the top portion of the photo it could bring the viewer's attention in better, more to that bit of cloud pattern that might better balance the bottom of the photo. (So basically I'd make copies and try some crops; usually I don't crop much or often but sometimes if lopping off a portion of a photo works better, that's what I'll do.)



Sometimes if I don't like what I see in front of me for a photo, I move around til I see it (whatever it might be); I might try horizontal or vertical instead or change my vantage point or frame it differently. Or move on til I see what works.

I really didn't find anything that caught my eye. I couldn't seem to make it "work."

Cheers!
Jake

Well just for giggles....

This is a sky shot... a sunset needs the orb ...

At least that's my humble definition...

and I like to shoot sunsets, sunrises, moonsets and moon rises

Rags