Sunset in Camelot

[Bodryn]

I'd like serious criticism on how I could improve this photo.

[karusel]

CAMELOT!!! Camelot!! Camelot!!!!! Camelot!

Meh, it's only a model.

Sorry, Monty Python reference. :lol:

How to improve the photo? Why, you need to take two shots, one for appropriate exposure of the foreground and the other for the background, then combine in PS.

However, I think that houses that I can see in the foreground are not a really interesting subject... perhaps a wider angle?

[Bodryn]

I like to call it Camelot here because it retains the privacy of this place and also in so many ways it matches that song; it usually rains at night, winters are short and mild, etc., etc. It's the nicest place, weatherwise, that I've ever lived.

Anyway I used the fill-flash function on Jasc PSP to brighten the dark foreground, and also have another photo with a somewhat different view where I again brightened the dark foreground. Any other criticisms? I think it was a beautiful sunset myself.

[c0ntr0lz]

should have gone darker, or a higher f/stop
beautiful tho

[jgbeam]

I like the shot - very dramatic colors and forms. The utility poles on the left distract. Might be worth cloning them out. It looks like a grad filter would have helped bringing the foreground out. I don't know if the post-processing equivalent filters work as well. If there is interesting foreground material, it might have been a better shot if you could have shown more detail there, otherwise a black silhouette with no detail at all probably would be the best.

Jim

[imanewbie]

Bodryn,
Where was this taken??

[tim]

I think i'd probably blacken out the foreground, it takes my attention away from the main interesting of the shot, IMHO.

[Bodryn]

I tend to agree that the foreground should be darkened; here are my latest changes. I didn't clone out the pole at upper left as it would take more time to deal with the electrical wires and I have other photos to choose from that don't have the pole.

Thanks to everybody for giving your opinions. :)

[flyfisher]

I like the blackened foreground nice capture