Early Morning Sun

Caught this picture awhile back and loved the content but wondering what I should have done differently to better. Thanks

Nice. Wall-worthy. The one thing I would do is clone out the bit of contrail in the sky on the left.

I would crop the top off the tree's, make it a pano style shot.

That's very striking. I think I'd maybe have a shot at putting a tiny bit more colour in the sky so it has a slight stronger hint of blue...

The only thing that you might have done differently is use a ND grad to try to get a bit more light in the trees without blowing out the sun - the trees on the left have formed a bit of a black clump and a touch more light in there might just help a bit...

Very nice shot. Great colors and light. I really like the way the light is playing on the fog/mist. Very nicely captured. Composition is good too, except... I would crop from the bottom up and put the horizon/lower tree one at the bottom 3rd point. That pulls the horizon off the center and removes what I would consider unnecessary space.

Thanks for all the help. Here are some edits based on your suggestions. I would be interested in your opinions of what worked, what didn't. Or any other suggestions. I framed the picture for my parents and it looks good on the wall, but I keep thinking there was more I could have done with it.

Cropped Option 1: (Is this what you meant Titus 213?)

The acid test I would happily hang that on my wall

Personal preference the Panorama crop beautiful.

Great capture and a lesson to us all always have our tools to hand.

Thanks for sharing.

That is a fantastic photo!

Great capture!

I like the panoramic crop the best (and a lot actually!). That's what I would have suggested you do to it so I'm a bit biased.

That's exactly what I meant. And I still like that crop

I really like the idea of the pano crop but the tops of the trees and the sky add a dimension to the image that is appealing.

love the pano style me personally would have like to see the sun a bit more to the left or right of the frame

bartc wrote in post #16450283
love the pano style me personally would have like to see the sun a bit more to the left or right of the frame

The pano for me, too. I thought about moving the sun, but as a peaceful (static) image, I think dead center is the place for it.

What a lovely photo !

My take on the original - basically added some contrast, a bit of warmth to the sunlit area, a bit of blue to the sky.