Posted by Derek Sedillo on February 11, 2009 at 1:27 PM
Here is an image I took yesterday before dawn. All the light in is from the full moon thru the clouds. I like the effect the cloud movement has on longer exposures. Compositionally it break the rule of thirds. But I was trying to take it all in. The only major problem I have been having at night is focus with my new 17-40L. Since it focuses past infinity it is really hard to nail in the dark.
5DII, f7.1, 17mm, 255s.
Here is the larger version:http://landandseaphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/7049912_hqPLs#471654757_iC2yK-A-LB
Looks pretty interesting to me, the scattered rocks and cloud movement keep me looking around. The horizon is a bit tilted. Good job keeping detail in those blacks! Both are interesting shots, I think I prefer the long exposure.
Posted by Mike Ryan on February 12, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Hi Derek
Nice work here. I like the streaking clouds in this one. They really make this image in my mind.
Posted by Lon Overacker on February 12, 2009 at 12:24 AM
Derek,
I really like this. The mood is great, but what I find most interesting is how the sky looks like daylight and the sea of course something we might see after sunset. And I think the combination of those two things makes this very interesting and keeps my attention.
Minor nit - looks like a slight ccw tilt.
Nice image.
Lon
Posted by Paul Dileanis on February 12, 2009 at 2:04 AM
Derek,
Nice feeling of motion here. Don't get too hung up on the rule of thirds. In my workshops I refer to composition rules as guidlines and usually joke that rules were made to be broken. Besides the "rule' of thirds there is the golden mean, the golden triangle and Golden spiral. There is a cool composition tool here;
It allows you to upload an image and check it out with various composition guidlines.
Ansel Adams said it best, "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
Keep up the good work.
Paul
Posted by Eric Good on February 12, 2009 at 2:33 PM
I like them both, but personally gravitate towards the shorter exposure myself. What I particularly like about both images is the diagonal tension between the moon/cloud shapes (upper left third) and those two stacks in the lower right third. Those elements balance these images out nicely for me. Nice work!
Discussion
5 replies5DII, f7.1, 17mm, 255s.
Here is the larger version:http://landandseaphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/7049912_hqPLs#471654757_iC2yK-A-LB
Here is a shorter one I took after this:http://landandseaphoto.smugmug.com/gallery/7049912_hqPLs#471668527_RHUWk-A-LB
Derek
Nice work here. I like the streaking clouds in this one. They really make this image in my mind.
I really like this. The mood is great, but what I find most interesting is how the sky looks like daylight and the sea of course something we might see after sunset. And I think the combination of those two things makes this very interesting and keeps my attention.
Minor nit - looks like a slight ccw tilt.
Nice image.
Lon
Nice feeling of motion here. Don't get too hung up on the rule of thirds. In my workshops I refer to composition rules as guidlines and usually joke that rules were made to be broken. Besides the "rule' of thirds there is the golden mean, the golden triangle and Golden spiral. There is a cool composition tool here;
http://photoinf.com/Golden_Mean/photo-adjuster.html
It allows you to upload an image and check it out with various composition guidlines.
Ansel Adams said it best, "There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
Keep up the good work.
Paul