this morning

[rockkeeper]

took this one this morning,peering out the front room window , loved to clouds comming over
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x176/CFISHING/101.jpg

[rockkeeper]

and few hours later, both take with sigma 50mm macro lens 5.6 1/200.
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x176/CFISHING/hours-later.jpg

[hunter20ga]

Hi, Chris...what a pretty, rustic scene. I agree, the clouds in the first one can add a lot of appeal. To me, the photo is underexposed a bit...1/2 to 1 f/stop I'd guess but there are still subtle colors in the photo that give it depth and texture.

[RobertP]

Your early one does look a bit too dark - and the daytime one looks a bit too bright!

You can tell from the light in a scene what part of the day it is. you don't need an overall dark looking picture to convey dawn/dusk. for landscape use a smaller aperture like f8 or f11 and focus on something 1/3rd of the way into the scene. the second one has a foreground bush in good focus and the rest of the scene soft.

[rockkeeper]

cheers,
you don't need an overall dark looking picture to convey dawn/dusk.
first pic ,on right handside you see is light coloured sky,then as you go left the dark clouds,which made the whole area dark overcast,
for landscape use a smaller aperture like f8 or f11 and focus on something 1/3rd of the way into the scene
il do couple more at f11
dunno if i can ,as i was shooting across a shed and small football pitch to get the shot,which you dont wanna see:shake:
second pic was sun blazing from the left.

[rockkeeper]

just taken f11-1/200-100-iso with the same lens

http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x176/CFISHING/f11-1-200-100-iso.jpg

[RobertP]

Think it might just need some sharpening now.

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/723/f11-1-200-100-iso.jpg

Also brightened it just a touch and cropped off some of that sky.

edit. Are you shooting RAW? If not you should be with that range of brightness in the first one particularly.

[rockkeeper]

that looks better

yes all in raw,an manual,althou there not alot of movement with that lens

no p.s work other than convert to jpg,resize an save

is that what you meant by 3rd ?

[RobertP]

We talk about thirds as in rule of thirds for composition a lot but in this case I meant getting the focus onto something one third of the way from you to the horizon - aiming to get as much of the scene in focus as possible. Have a search on 'hyperfocal distance'.

[rockkeeper]

ok cheers for your help :thumbs:

[rockkeeper]

well i picked up my new lens tonight, so did these too,same place just alot closer, shame the light was failing,,
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x176/CFISHING/100-400.jpg
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x176/CFISHING/100-400-2.jpg