Curbar Edge- just before sunset & repost

Had the bank holiday in the peaks, wasnt allowed to take the camera as it was a weekend away with the wife but somehow i found myself on Curbar Edge with a camera that i found in the boot. Strange

I set up early for a sunset while waiting the sunburst through the cloud and provided a wonderful show... so i grabbed a sequence and continued to wait, unfortunately the sunset didn't happen but i was pleased with what i left with.

Technically I found this shot a challenge and would welcome comment (as ever warmly!)

Not a landscape man as you know but looks ok to me. Maybe a bit too much space on the bottom ? others will see it differently. Googled Curbar Edge and I reckon that must be the most snapped millstone in the country !
Cheers
JR

Maybe said stone is a bit too dominant and takes a bit away from the sunburst? Otherwise I love the colours and distant hills.

My tuppence, or (1p these days)

For me the top of the imge needs reducing, there is a very strong leading line from the grinding stone, through the God's ray to the sun, the sky above the sun is a bit superfluous and adds little.

As the grinding stone is such a dominant part it perhaps needs a bit more depth of colour/contrast to the receding sunset to give this part a bit more ooomph

It may be a well photographed site, but the sun burst is beautiful and well captured.

I am sure you got other shots from other angles whist there Phil - did you get anything in pano which I feel may work better ?

Cheers

Looks fine to me Phil, well perhaps a bit of the bottom & top

Bob

Phil not really qualified to comment on landscapes but I do like the sun rays through the cloud it's all good to look at.

Keith.

Hi all cheers for the comments, not sure if this is a well photographed site, i don't really know the peaks that well but there are a lot of millstones all over theses edges... I set up for a sunset and this wasnt the shot i had in mind at all, so wanted a lot of sky as in my mind it was going to be stunning but the sun burst really took me by surprise, it literally lasted as long as it took to take this shot... in the end though I kind of like the sky as you have the streaking and clouds all leading to the sun, but i guess thats personal. I tend to agree about space below more. I have added a small amount of selective contrast. But one of the technical sides that was an issue was it is an 10 stop difference between correct highlight and shadow exposures so in PP avoiding adding too much contrast so no blacks or whites were clipped was hard as they were already close to the edge. I was keen to preserve a very natural feel as take the millstone it was in shadow and therefore i need to ensure it preserves that look.... as i said though cheers for the comments as i was going a bit crazy with this one....

Anyway here is a repost based on your comments, interesting in your thoughts ....

A fine shot, Phil, although I agree with Neil that the stone is maybe a bit too dominant. Have you tried cropping about a third off the left and bottom to make the sunburst more dominant? Just a thought.

David