Palms at Sunset

Please critique this image

I'm wondering whether it would have been better without the fill flash: black palm tree against impressive sky and reflecting water. But I assume to took shots like that as well if you have a subject like this.

Nice Shot

Beautiful picture - dream place.

My impression is that the flash did not bring anything more to the picture. I would have prefered the black silhouette of the palm tree just like the one in the top right corner. I must say that you may have lost detail in the sand in the foreground if you didn't use the flash though... Anyway, nice picture and beautiful sky!!!!

Superb capture of a sunset. Great composition, photo is rich in colors and details. Bravo!

Very beautiful shot. I love how the tilting palm trees echo each other. Colors are superb.

That is an absolutely incredible sunset! the colors and radiance are surreal. however, I think the small portion of the beach is a distraction from the sunset. Try cropping the image up to the tree in the foreground.

Spectacular colour & the lean on that palm tree has to be seen to be beliieved.

its superb, although I would agree with others that eliminating the fill flash in Photoshop to make the tree a silhouette would be very easy and would dramatically improve the shot. Stunning. Where was it??

Fantastic photo, the impression is spoiled only by the flash but, anyway, I want more such photos ;)

This is a beautiful picture and I was immediately drawn to it! But I tend to agree with most of the other comments, that the tree should be a silhouette. Maybe the whole palm tree silhouette thing is a bit over-done, but in this case the sunset itself is so spectacular that the tree is a bit distracting.

As soon as I saw the thumbnail, I knew people would be biting their nails over the fill. I like it. Allow me to suggest a third possibility: burn down the values on the tree to make it less in-your-face, and warm up the light on the tree a little bit. I won't post it, but I just tried it out.

 

Again, you've taken a beautiful picture.

Nice, but just another one...

Well surely with the flash it's different than the regular sunset sihouettes we see around each day. Choosing to use the flash was a sign of originality in a way and I appreciate it just that way. Lovely colours and all, well done !

wonderful

Lovely Pic,,,,,,very nice. Cheers

Romantic and beautiful.

I like this just the way you shot it.I've seen a lot of trees silhouetted against the sunset. I have several myself. That is kind of the way we have got used to seeing this type of picture. I think that the additional detail inproves the picture. 7/6

Wow. The fill flash provides just enough light to make the palm in the foreground interesting.

Wonderful, rich colours. It looks like the horizon's on fire.

this is incredibly beautiful. while i dont think the flash ruined the picture, it definitely did not, i do think that the tree silhouetted, as a few others have said, would probably be more effective. either way, this shot is gorgeous.

Spectacular sunset! The fact that the fill flash on the palm tree is a different color temperature than that of the sunset does bother me. Your folder shows great creativity on your part and indicates that you wouldn't have much difficulty adjusting the color of the near palm tree highlights.

excellent exposed forground....spectacular sunset and composition

First of all, yes you certainly captured a beautiful sky in this image. Although I agree the fill looks a little unnatural, the elements where I see most room for improvement are in adjusting the brightness of the rightmost quarter of the image and framing the shot so that the main palm didn't touch the top.