Bluebonnet Sunset

Rick, this is a beautiful scene and your blending looks fine. I do think that the blue bonnets are either over saturated or over sharpened because of how "jangly" (to use a well defined term) they look. I've also looked at possibly cropping the oof grass off from the bottom, but I really like the shape and eye flow in this as posted.

Love the mood captured here! Beautiful color contrast between the terrain and pastel sky. My only nit is with the OOF FG, I might consider cropping that.

The blending looks good. i love the mood you captured here. I consider cropping some of the bottom

Looks pretty good, I'd say. Agree that cropping foreground might help this a bit.

Beautiful shot. At first I thought the Bluebonnets were over the top on saturation, but I can well imagine such a glow at that time of day. Very nice comp. Might consider trimming most of the fg blur, though.

Fantastic! The bluebonnets in the foreground take this to another level. What a spectacular scene perfectly exposed and presented.

Very nice bluebonnet image Rick. I agree with the others about cropping the foreground grass. Overall the blend looks pretty good, but I think I see a few cloning artifacts on the horizon line.

Beautiful view here Rick. The blend looks good for your first attempt. The one nit that I have is the out of focus foreground. I would consider cropping that because it detracts from what is an otherwise very well processed image.

EDIT: I usually try to comment before reading the other comments. When I looked back at everyone's comments it looks like it is just about unanimous about the OOF foreground. Otherwise this is a beautiful image.

Rick,

Great job with the blend - I never would have thought it was; not only can't I tell, but you did a good job getting the light values and balance natural between the sky and landscape.

As already noted, I'm unsure about the oof grass at the bottom, but it's not an image killer for me. The flowers are in focus and it's a nice combo with the setting sun. Nice comp too.

Lon

Thanks for the helpful c&c. My few months here have helped me improve in nature photography after 40 years shooting as a commercial pro. Keep on shooting

When you have Bluebonnet in the title I figured this is Texas. That is some field of flowers. Lovely colors both on the ground and in the sky and the sun is a great focal point. Just saw the repost. That is excellent!

Nice! Very, very nice. This really sums up a Spring Texas sunset for me. Good to see some beauty from there.

This is beautiful Rick, truly a golden Texas moment!
As someone said, this has a great "flow" to it..nice work on the blending as well..
Have a great Sunday

Lovely shot. You did a good job on the blending, no anomalies. Agree with prior comments about cropping the FG but that's a prefereence that can go either way. Well done.

Now this is a cool shot !!