India's Rest

Over Exposed · Mar 15, 2011

Took this one Sunday when I took the Max Patch sunset photo I posted earlier. This is about 30 minutes before sunset on the other side of Max Patch bald looking back southeast. I had sat down to change lenses and India (the dog) sat down to relax a bit as well.

AverageJoe · Mar 15, 2011

Beautiful shot, almost looks HDR. Only nit: needs the rule of thirds applied.

Trever1t · Mar 15, 2011

the colors are very rich, smooth and creamy...I like the shot!

Davor · Mar 15, 2011

Beautiful composition and colors. I would have not put the dog in the middle though it would work much better if the subject was off to the right giving a cleaner look of the landscape.

dominicamartina · Mar 15, 2011

Wow, its a breath taking place. Nice portrait dude.

Frequency · Mar 16, 2011

the pose of Dog facing light made this very interesting. Ironically India meaning Bharat, in Sanskrit means one having intercourse with light, The Wisdom.
Placing the dog at the center of the frame is a bit unfavorable.

LaFoto · Mar 16, 2011

What is it that makes this photo look like it were an HDR? For it sure does look like one! Sharpening tool?
(No need to repeat the "centred subject"-thing, it's been said).

Over Exposed · Mar 16, 2011

LaFoto said:
What is it that makes this photo look like it were an HDR?

It is HDR. 7 exposures.

Thanks for all of the great comments and C&C. It's been very helpful so far!

As for my mentality behind it all in the moment, the centered subject thing is due to two factors. Firstly, I honestly didn't realize at the time this shot had the potential that it did. Secondly, for her to look in the direction of the setting sun, she had to look right. While the rest of the composition would have been great with her off to the right I thought it would look weird to have her in the right of the frame looking immediately out of frame. The only other pose she would strike was to curl her head back left (her right) and tuck it back into her body, and the light was undesirable. If she had been framed to the left looking back right into the light the foreground would have over dominated the composition due to the angle. Had my foresight been better, I would have taken the time to move my position to create a stronger composition. Lesson learned there.:blushing: