Nikon F90X - 60mm lens on a Gitzo tripod - Kodak E100VS rated @ 100 - aperture f/8 and shutter speed 8s. The image shows Venus high in the late evening sky west of La Push - Olympic NP. I tried to frame the compositional elements according to the rule of thirds.

-- Massimo Squillace (msquillace@sogei.it), September 16, 1999

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I really like a lot about this picture - nice colors, nice textures and Venus adds a nice touch. But I keep feeling a little unbalanced by the black foreground - trees, etc. It needs to be there but there doesn't seem to be quite enough of it - I actually think a vertical with the same width would be perfect.

-- rod sorensen (sorenser@mfldclin.edu), September 16, 1999.

First forget that rule of thirds crappola, there are no such rules. You have a good eye for composition use it, what bothers me is that just about everything lacks sharpness, as was suggested next time try a vertical composition and use a speed fast enough to keep the clouds from blurring. Pat

-- pat j. krentz (krentz@cci-29palms.com), September 16, 1999.

I love the colors and what was attempting to be captured here, but I too would like to see more of the ground to anchor the picture. Keep shooting! Donna

-- Donna P. Bollenbach (cassidy@icubed.net), September 17, 1999.

I agree with Donna. Lots of nice elements and if you could have included enough mountain foreground to connect the two mountain tops it might help. Keep shooting!

-- Micheal F. Kelly (radiant@gci.net), September 17, 1999.

The composition is disjointed making the eyes jump around too much. Also, the hill in the lower left corner should be blacker--I see a lot of "noise" in the black on my monitor.

-- Kirk Nelson (nelsonkk@gte.net), September 23, 1999.