Sunset biker

Dieter,

obviously great timing, and I love the colors. I also found the composition intriguing. Loved it enough to click on it as soon as I got onto pnet's site. I also like that the tree branches clear the horizon. The longer I look at it, however, I wished the image was wider and maybe a bit less symmetric. I suggest giving the trees more space. I'd also break the symmetry a bit more, adding more space to the right, giving the biker some more space to ride into. The strong horizontals suggest a wide expansive landscape, but the two trees kind of box it in again. So there seem to be two elements working against each other. I would have suggested to let the cyclist clear the tree a bit more, but that would have brought his head above the horizon ... so I better stop righthere before I come up with some more silly suggestions.

Christoph

I'm  hardly ever  commenting for sunset  images,  but,  this  is  an exception.  Nicely  balanced composition  and  with a good  content.  I'm glad, you didn't  make  it  a screaming, over saturated  sunset,  out  of  this  image  like so many.

Dieter; A an image framed within the larger image. I like the layering, and the symmetry does not bother me. The colors and exposure are very nice. I will give this one a "well done".

Thanks for your comments.

Christoph, you are right, a bit more space is a good idea. I shall attach a corresponding version

Being in the right place at the right moment is not enough. You need to be able to catch the moment. Great work Dieter! Best regards. MAx

Very nice..I like the composition very much.

First of all, a very nice piece of art, Dieter.  The bicyclist is the perfect element, and I like that he/she is silhouetted against the hills in the background.  A split second later, and the bicyclists head would have moved forward to a point where it is level with the background hills, and it would not have been as good.  I like the symmetry of the trees, offset by the asymmetry of the position of the clouds on the left, the sun and the bicyclist.  I'm not sure if I like the larger version more.  The tighter version is a bit more intimate, and the texture of the trees comes out better.  The only thing I would change is to photoshop out what looks like a small jet contrail on the upper right.

Thanks for the comments, particularly to you Erik. The little white stripe you are mentioning is an airplane, which I overlooked. Best regards, Dieter