Low light / silhouette

[tessina]

Am still trying to pick up the basics of how best to capture such a scene, here's a recent one I got out of a couple which looked somewhat presentable.

Critiques/thoughts most welcome :)

[VegasGeorge]

I'm not sure what you're after here. If it's the sky framed by black silhouettes, you got it! The color saturation and exposure of the sky look good. You could probably pull a little more out of the sky by playing with the color levels, but it's nice the way it is. I'm curious, what were you after with this shot?

[Robert_Lay]

It is a good silhouette. However, the sunset(sunrise) is much too light, in my opinion. In other words, forgetting about the silhouette and just concentrating on the sky -is it as dramatic as it could be - no!

The remaining issue is that given that it's a good silhouette, does it have interest, and I'm afraid it would have to have a different audience, according to my taste - but that's just me. Somewhere, there may be an audience that would find those shapes very interesting.

[tessina]

Thank you for your comments George,Robert:)
This shot was taken in Malacca,Malaysia.This is supposed to be a somewhat prominent local landmark(a clocktower at the Dutch Red Square),a standing testiment to the integrity and beauty of Dutch architechture.I hence wanted to capture this silent scene with a sunset as a backdrop with the imposing clocktower to the left.Perhaps the photo would take on greater meaning now with this explanation of how the shot came to be?:)

[VegasGeorge]

tessina,
Based on your explanation, I would have exposed or processed for at least some detail in the clock tower. This might be a situation where two exposures would be appropriate, the one you have properly exposing the sky, and a second exposure to properly expose the clock tower. Then, you could layer them to suit your taste, revealing or hiding as much of the clock tower detail as you want, and still keeping the sky the way it is. Just a thought.