Trees fighting off clouds...by
SirashleyComment by snaffles: Greetings from the Critique Club!
Very nice balance of the elements here, that great mackerel sky really draws you in. Is the sky in Florida really that blue? I have that lens too, great little thing :-)
Compositionally, it could use a little more of a focal point and possibly quite a bit less foreground, as the sawgrass seems to want in on the battle too. Going by your settings I'm guessing you shot handheld. For a landscape it never hurts to pack along a tripod, close the aperture way down and leave the shutter open. That way you get a nice dof and give the viewer a greater sense of place.
Artistically, I can see what you wanted to get and can see that you shot from a fairly low pov. I shot a lot like this in my early days, go have a giggle looking at the stuff I was shooting a few years ago :-) Might I suggest getting even lower, if possible, and make that lens earn its keep by shooting wide open and tilting the angle around a bit.
Overall a pleasant shot. Keep on shooting!
Feel free to PM me with any questions,
Susan
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