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This is a good first attempt and I was glad to see that it was not tone-mapped to death. I think a higher vantage-point would have helped this shot quite a bit but I understand that this was not necessarily viable. The leading lines pointing to the clock tower then brings my attention to a mass of lights which looks a little messy. Perhaps a taller tripod would have helped.
I don’t think that there was a need to go three seconds for the scene to make the water smooth like you wanted. You could have slid back to two seconds and preserved the highlights, which have been clipped in this image. I think you’ll find that the colors will pop out more just from exposing a little less as well. The scene also looks tilted. It feels like it should be turned 10 or 15 degrees counter-clockwise.
This looks like the color might be clipping a bit in the brightest areas of the flower, I disagree with msakijames though. I do not find the greenery to be distracting.
It is almost never a good idea to center your subject in the frame and when you do so, it should be for a very good reason, like symmetry.
The seagull does look just a tiny bit over exposed like jaxwired has said. Pulling back the highlights either with the curves or in lightroom would be a good way to compensate for this.
Only thing that I think should be added here is that the horizon in this image is crooked. You should always strive to keep the horizon straight since it’s very distracting when it is not.
This looks shopped. The difference between the colors in the foreground and beyond the horizon is too different. It honestly looks like you took a photo of an empty road somewhere in Nevada and dumped some mountains in the middle.
The mountains themselves don’t look bad but the image as a whole looks patched together even though I know they aren’t.
I really like your sparrow image. Looks like it may be a song sparrow? It’s good to see all of the different colors in it’s wings from that angle and great details!
@LightStalking this was shot using the Nikon 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6 AF-S VRII
I intend to upgrade to the 300mm F/4 AF-S some time soon.
This is definitely a killer photo. The colors are phenomenal and the overall feel is exactly as Redman says. Old Victorian is spot on.
This is definitely a killer photo. The colors are phenomenal and the overall feel is exactly as Redman says. Old Victorian is spot on.
It certainly is interesting and it looks a bit like she’s using empty bottles or jars and shooting through the bottom. Especially with the way the sun appears to be flaring in one of them.
