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This shot should grab plenty of votes, but to take it even more you might try some Luminosity masking in the dark, and mid tones, and maybe a boost to the saturation in the blue, and purple hues to help them pop. As it sits, its frame worthy and really well done.
What setting are you in?
What type of meter mode do you use?
Is the dark purposefully done?To dark for my taste, and for the key details. I would say the exposure is off at least 1 to 1.5 stops. Or based on the shot info, you could have went f8, 1/20-1/5th, and iso 400 to get in the ballpark. Concept wise, I think you took an interesting shot, from what is described as a ugly tree
The sky is the limit on tripods. And yes you can do exactly what your asking. Your sunpack, while fairly stable, is not capable of this. Tripods that are a little more robust, yet higher in overall quality and flexibility. Here is a link to an example
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51bwMcTvpfL._SL1000_.jpg
I will try and reach out via PM and see if I can help assist.
Yes, Customer loved the images, and the rest of the collection. She asked specifically about this one for her parents and a large print. While I certainly agree with most if not all of the critics, the customers are the ones whom ultimately decide. Most customers, are not nearly as finite about the photography details as we togs are. Some on occasion, know what they want, and how and why, but very rarely. It’s always been our job to put the best foot forward and give them a product that they will love. In the case of this photo, it met that criteria for this customer.
While I completely understand the Halo, it is apart of the filters and processing done. This below was the original edit given to the bride. I always felt it was more cold and thus always looking to tweak it.
As for backing up and still getting excellent Bokeh, at the present angle, I would need a 16 ft ladder to keep the framing correct, and also f4 is no where the creaminess 1.2-2.0 are on the 85mm.
Thank you for the warm welcome. I would like to also add that I have been shooting avidly for the last 5 years. The last 4 years I have been open to the public shooting Portrait, Family, Wedding and events. In my spare time, I love to capture images of my kids, that is my passion for learning. They continue to grow, and I continue to learn how to capture them better and better. Someday, I will not have to rely on my memory of how they looked because I will have the images to keep that slice in time alive forever. My tag line has always been, Framing your memories one snap at a time.
I get the sunset theme, but the city part I do not. I see what looks like a light post in the bottom right, but that isn’t enough to call it city?? As for the actual image The saturation is a bit much for my taste, though works fairly well in the blues. The burnt orange bleeds out the details in the clouds rendering you overall focus away from the sun actually setting and more into the contrast of the colors. Another idea that might work well is to dodge the tree’s so that the colors of the leaves comes into play and draws your eyes back over the entire image. Thank you for sharing.
Jason
The overall texture of the photo and concept are very tactfully done. Minor criticisms would be to Number 1 try to use a double shutter speed vs Length of lens. Example would be mm lens x 2, or in this case 38 round up to 40, equals 1/80th to get a minimum for base line sharpness. This will help you reduce the vibration when hand holding. # 2 would be, become very friendly with a tripod if in fact clarity, details, and overall maximum sharpness are to be achieved on shots similar to this. Thank you for sharing.
Jason
