Sunset silhouette with moon - does it work?

[Jeff Geoghan]

Hi all, I am really trying to find an image for this challenge but have been thwarted for a week. I took this farmland shot last night when we had a great post-storm sunset in Lancaster County. Please give me your thoughts - thanks!

http://heritagephotographic.smugmug.com/photos/112803082-M.jpg

[SloYerRoll]

It works. But there is ALOT of space between the horizon and the moon.
Focal points also look OOF. Did you focus to infinity or let the AF pick where it wanted to focus?

[Jeff Geoghan]

It works. But there is ALOT of space between the horizon and the moon.
Focal points also look OOF. Did you focus to infinity or let the AF pick where it wanted to focus?

Thanks, Jon. I zoomed in on the trees and buildings and they're in focus...and I did have the infi. manual focus on. I think the distance to the objects makes them harder to "focus" on...

From my vantage point I couldn't get the moon any closer. If I could I would get closer to a silo so it filled the frame better.

[kmh]

I do like this image (the color, the shapes), but I agree there's too much space and maybe not enough there to hold the viewer's eye.