sunset today

[STUARTINPERTH]

wanted to get ut tonight to try out my new lens
unfortunately didnt finish work till 6, however sunset was nice over Kinnoul hill so set up tripod anyway as thought there is loads going on to warrant night time pic.
300D 18-55 EF-s F16 exposure 30 sec manual iso 200 18-55 @18mm.

[Alun]

I do like the winding road on the lhs and the sky is great, Personally I'd crop most of the rhs in order to lose the brightest area of sky and the rather dominant silhouetted mountain. Good work, Stu.

[STUARTINPERTH]

Thanks Alun
kept the bit of hill with the watch tower in - links another pic I posted of this quite nicely.
think this is a better crop.
Stu

[roddersdad]

WOW, I love the second one, its amazing what a difference the crop makes, I like the winding road and the lights the crop to me seems to bring these out more, it also seems to emphasize the nice sky more to me as well.

[grumpygeorge]

the crop works much better.

[jlbatty]

Ice shot Stu. Great vantage point from where you were.

[jlbatty]

'Nice' rather. This iPhone has some weird predictive text sometimes. ;-)

[STUARTINPERTH]

Thanks Clive, Jon and George
its just great to have a lens again, talk about stir crazy.
Im much happier with second crop, brought a lot more detail out.
cheers
Stu

[Mark W]

Second one for me the wise owl that is Alun speaks true words.

[STUARTINPERTH]

Thanks Mark very pleased I decided to drive back home the scenic route.
new lens actually seems better than old one - even before I broke it.

[Ffion]

Really like the second version - it keeps all the important bits and shows up a lot more in the lights area. I like the cloud formations in the sky as well.

Ffion

[STUARTINPERTH]

Thanks Ffion
could actually get away with cropping a little more on rhs
very happy with this, at time of taking I was concerned it would look underexposed but it showed as being in.
will probably do the crop for my web site.
cheers
Stu

[colin]

The second one is good for me. Well done and good luck with the new lens (not that you seem to need it!).

Colin

[Anotyad]

Great capture Stuart. You're very lucky to have such opportunities right on your doorstep so to speak.

[STUARTINPERTH]

Thanks Colin thats such a nice thing to say - up until recently I was taking shots and hoping exposure was right, now I understand it its amazing how much better I am.
am happy with this lens even though its just a kit lens.
cant wait to see what I can do with 5D MKII and 17-40L I think the world is my oyster can wait to explore.