SUNSET STORY

Thanks for viewing, critiques and rating.

Regards, Cornel.

The sunlight behind the sunflower is beautiful, I this you could have played with it a little more untill you found an angle that maximizes its potential. The major problem in your photo is the general underexposure.  Here's what I was able to do with a little postprocessing:

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg821/scaled.php?server=821&filename=16445732md2.jpg&res=landing

I agree, it's underexposed. It's a difficult situation to get it right when your shooting into the light. In this particular situation combining several exposures to get a more balanced image would be the way to go IMO.

I have to say that capture is great....comp is great....only HDR treatment would work here considering the very high dynamic range....and I would say at least  5 bracketed exposures ...main subject also needs some sharpening ...but this  is not a major challenge....

Don't give up on this image..!!!....This is a beautiful shot...!!!

Thanks for your comments and sugestions.

May be I will come back with an improved version.

Best regards, Cornel.