sunset lake shots

[nrois02]

went up to maine around york and spent some time on a lake. heres a couple of shots at sunset. c&c please!

which one of these shots do you like?
1)

2)

3)

thanks for looking

 

[Phelan]

IMO the first is the best, the leaves/branch right smack dab in the foreground detracts from the others.

 

[B Kennedy]

^^ I agree with Phelan. Your immediate description of the scene is "sunset lake shots" not a great plant with an amazing sunset background. I believe you were possibly trying to create some kind of nice foreground element to the shot, but its way too overpowering and distracting. So for me photo 1 is the better of the shots. Putting that plant in there, and especially in the middle of the frame is a big nono for me when shooting such a nice sunset landscape.

Composition looks pretty good in the 1st one too, almost the rule of 1/3'rds and the sunset is nice. My first thoughts were ohh those shadows don't have any detail and they kind of overpower the mid-region of the picture. But then I got to thinking that maybe this was not relevant to the pic, and maybe there wasn't even anything there worth exposing 2 pics and HDR'ing them in ps.

All in all, nice pic!

1 more question, was it a bit windy/breezy cuase the trees seem to have a little bit of motion blur to them?

 

[nrois02]

thanks for the comments. it was a touch breezy.

 

[snaggle]

I like the idea fo the branches, but I would still focus the back ground and not the branch.

 

[manaheim]

First one has a nice mood and colors to it.

 

[nrois02]

thanks manaheim and snaggle i will try to shot something like it again and focus on the back ground and see what i come up with

 

[fwellers]

I actually really like the others. I don't see that often at all, and the soft blurry backround, together with the tones, gives a dreamy effect that is very pleasing to my eyes. :thumbup:

 

[Dcrymes84]

very nice

 

[jvw2941]

#1 is beautiful I love it

 

[nrois02]

thanks fwellers, dcrymes84 and jvw2941!