First attempt sunrise - Hilton Head, SC

Hey all,

I'm here for the week and I'm trying to get a good pic of a sunrise over the ocean. This is my first attempt at doing this. C&C welcomed with open arms - I won't have another chance at this for a long time.

Thanks!

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wow. i really love the colors in this one. over all a beautiful pic.

excellent first attempt. the colors are great, and the exposure is decent. but the sun is too centered in the frame, it doesn't draw in the eye as much as it could. good picture though

I tend to agree with the above comment,but I can see why you did centre the sunset, good shot

Thanks for the feedback. Yeah, I gotta admit, I was really torn about centering the shot, but wasn't truly happy with how it was turning out off center. Besides, I was kind of running out of time to make decisions Anyway, I have a few more days to try some different stuff too - just wanted to make sure I wasn't making dumb pictures lol

Nice shot, maybe next time try getting a little closer to the water and composing the shot a little lower to the ground.

Nice shot, but I find the horizon a little off the horizontal... A nit pick, but... and while the advice to move the sun from the center of the image is good, I feel this shot works as is. Might be more dramatic following the rule of thirds, but maybe not... Thanks for sharing

Well-done! Did you have to PP to get the sun's rays to "fan" like that?

Actually no. I used bracketed shots and combined two of them to make this one, which was how I maintained detail in the sky and on the beach and ocean. Aside from combining the bracketed shots, there wasn't a whole lot of post processing done.

Tomorrow morning I'm going to try the suggestions above and see about improving. Here's hoping mother nature cooperates...