First Sunset Attempt

Hey guys - Looking for feedback on the below sunset. I've read through a few threads here and hit the field this afternoon to apply what I've learned. Feedback is appreciated.

Thanks for looking.

f16, 1/80, 24mm, iso500, c-pol

Im not seeing the image

How about now? I just re-linked them...not sure what happened

Ok there you go

#1 Not bad but a little boring sorry to say. You were shotting at the right time for sure but there was room to get more creative. Get up close to some of that grass?

Thanks for the feedback. Truth be told, I agree with you. I didn't spend time attempting creative shots because I wanted to understand how the sunset was affecting the exposure.

There's clearly room for improvement, but I'm content with the result all things considered.

#1 is a little bright for my sunset style shooting. I like to make the upper part of the image a bit darker to see the details in the sky. Yes even a blank cloudless sky like yours..... For my style it brings the colors out a bit more. I do like the shot though. My only real "complaint" is that the grass is backlit by the sun so much that it looks like an HDR botch job image. As suggested by DThriller if you got down lower and shoot some of the grass itself as the subject, then the backlighting would work.

#2 would be picture perfect if the truck wasn't there. I would actually like it a lot. Since the truck is under exposed, it doesn't stand out as a subject, so why is it there. There are just a couple whisps of white in the far left and the center trees. I'm not sure if they are spider webs or clouds or flare, but it would be better to clone them out so there isn't a random bright white stripe amongst the dark trees and sky. The truck and whisps are my only real complaint about this shot. Go back and shoot it again without the truck and see how you like it

Overall nice job. Keep at it.

There's some cool backlighting effects with the grass in the first picture, but it needs to be better utilized. Getting at eye level with the grass or finding a composition that helps separate the grass and make it stand out.

The truck doesn't do anything for me in the second shot, but otherwise I like the colors and the sun.

Overall I think these look good technically as far as exposure - just some tweaking on composition to get the most out of the scene.