Hi Mate
Welcome to TP!
Anyhow don't get down hearted mate its a learning curve! Best thing Paul and Bob can give you is Critique! its a great way to learn so long as you accept it for what it is and also remember photography is subjective
. Having said that I agree with the above
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I think if you learn something from every shot by the time you have shot a roll of film you'll be great..... (ooppss were not using film nowadays are we)
It is true though! as you roll along all these little pointers will all start to click (excuse the pun). The A7R is a great camera a friend has one and it produces good results.
I think you are running out of depth of field in this shot, although f4 might be the sweet spot for your lens (?) the depth of field will be quite shallow for this sort of landscape shot. You need to be up around f11 + maybe f16. This will give you a great depth of field. (Have a read up on Hyperfocal distance). Don't push your f stop too far though else you might run into diffraction issues (another read up job). Don't worry so much about your shutter speed as if your sitting on a tripod (which you really need to have as essential kit along with a cable release) that will keep your camera still at slower shutter speeds. Just like Bob said you need an anchor or focal point something for the eye to settle on. If you don't have something in your field of vision, improvise. Park your car away down the road maybe on that first bend in the road.(or the wife
) and walk back to your shooting position, use one of those as your anchor. A person, hiker or car will give a nice sense of scale too.
I must admit the sky in your shot looks a little weird to me too... I think give this some DOF a bit of an anchor and some nice early morning or evening light and you'll be away!!
TP is a great place to learn... every days a school day
Look forward to seeing some more shots Matt