Golf Bunker

[Ollokot]

Hi Folks,
Your thoughts and comments most welcome,

[KingsHockeyFan]

Hi Pat,
I like the colors in this shot. One thing that stands out to me is the highlights along the tops of the trees. It seems to me that if the sun was that low on the horizon than there wouldn't be any brightness on the camera side of the trees, or at least as much as I see in this shot. Did you mask around them or is that how the light fell and my perspective is off?

[Mike Buckley]

Very nice image. I would be so tempted to place a golf ball in the lower right area of the sand trap. Consider cropping at the bottom to eliminate about two-thirds of the foreground grass.

[Wavelength]

Very colorful; i liked it; but i felt the image looks more acceptable when one-third from bottom is trimmed out so that it looks like a path in the middle, than its blunt ending

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[Andrew1]

Unless you are a golfer at this particular club does the golf bunker really add anything to the photo? A nice colourful landscape that has my eyes jumping back and forth between the sunset and a hole with sand in it. I see a nice panorama when covering up the bottom 2/3 of the frame. Nice job on the back lit portions.

[Mike Buckley]

Unless you are a golfer at this particular club does the golf bunker really add anything to the photo?

It's not just the subject for me but it's also an interesting subject because of its shape, texture and color.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Pat,very nice image with lovely colors I agree with Mike about cropping the image from the bottom.

[Ollokot]

Thank you all for your thoughts and comments, I am not a golfer nor have I any interest in the sport, while walking around the links one day the shape and texture of the bunker, the trees, caught my eye so early next morning set up and hoped to get a nice sky.
Two exposures one for foreground one for sky and blended together.
Here is a 16X9 crop that I think works better,
Thanks again,
Pat

[Mike Buckley]

Wonderful!

[Ziggy]

Nice image, enjoyed viewing.