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View From the Valley Floor
View From the Valley Floor
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sunset or Sunrise (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF-ED VR
Location: Monmouth, OR
Date: Dec 6, 2008
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/500 sec.
Galleries: Sky, Nature
Date Uploaded: Dec 7, 2008

 In this photo, I was trying to show a contrast between the bright horizon and the dark clouds above town. However, the sun was already pretty far beyond the horizon, and since I live in a valley that means that there was a giant black mountain range at the bottom of the photo that looked kind of boring. So instead of showing the actual horizon, I decided to make kind of a bi-polar picture in terms of light and dark. Light on the bottom to try and show that it is going down, and darkness on the top to indicate that it is creeping over the scene.

Statistics
Place: 155 out of 167
Avg (all users): 4.5732
Avg (commenters): 4.0000
Avg (participants): 4.4328
Avg (non-participants): 4.6778
Views since voting: 695
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 157
Comments: 8
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/17/2008 03:36:36 AM
Greetings from the Critique Club

The first thing I notice with this picture is the wonderful reds from the sunset. Absolutely gorgeous. However, as somebody once commented on one of my photos, you do also need to have a subject, it is not enough just to photograph the sky. In a challenge with so many wonderful sunset/sunrise pics, you would really need to stand out by having an interesting subject and focal point. Here there really is nothing.

From a technical point of view the exposure is good, as are the colours. I am not sure I agree with the sharpening comments, I think the clouds look good as they are. Focus looks quite soft.

I think the main reason you did not score very highly in this challenge, is the lack of a real subject.

Hope you find this useful.

Sarah
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/13/2008 05:24:48 PM
nice one
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 12/13/2008 05:12:45 PM
I like it - it's nothing but the sunset!
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 12/12/2008 10:53:15 AM
I like the light and shadows in this a lot. It feel a little unsharp to me, but I don't think that it takes away from the photo in this instance.
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 12/10/2008 02:03:03 PM
your clouds are very nice...
 12/10/2008 09:20:40 AM
that looks so fake
 12/08/2008 06:18:05 PM
Lacks a focal point, nothing to draw you into the image
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 12/08/2008 04:10:50 AM
Like the colurs but the shot could have done with a little sharpening IMO
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