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6 Tips for Taking Great Sunset Photos
Hi everyone
Just thought I might share my experience on taking sunset pictures with this group. Hope it's useful - try these six tricks to capture powerful photos imbued with the beauty and positive feelings of sunsets. 1. Always get a full view Position yourself on a beach or a highpoint to allow an unrestricted view of the sun for maximum impact. An alternative is to capture the sun falling between trees, next to an attractive monument or reflecting off the water. Make sure your photo isn't too busy with other objects that distract attention. 2. Just keep shooting More attempts will increase your chances of getting the right results. As the sun gets lower, it tends to get redder as well, so your results should improve in the final moments of a sunset. 3. Be on the lookout for clouds Sunsets on cloudy evenings are more colorful and interesting than sunsets on clear evenings. While you may not actually capture the sun itself in these photos, capturing an amazing variety of colors and rich cloudy textures will make up for it. 4. Shoot off-center Bring more life to your sunset photos by positioning the horizon away from the center of your photo. Instead, keep it near the bottom of the shot to dramatically highlight the sky. In combination with this, leaving some foreground in the shot, such as a person or a tree, will give greater interest and give you a great opportunity to work on silhouette photographs. 5. Try to use multiple exposure settings Your camera's light meter will often under-expose sunsets because there is still quite a bit of light, so bracketing (taking several shots at different exposures) may be needed to find the perfect exposure. A little under-exposure can help to make the colors of a sunset richer. If you want to include the details of a person in the foreground, try using fill flash and night mode. This will bring out their details while still allowing enough exposure to get rich colors - remember to use a tripod in this case to avoid camera shake. 6. Zoom In It is effective to use a long focal length for sunsets, because the sun will appear much larger and more impressive in the sky. Either choose the longest optical zoom lens setting on your camera or use a longer telephoto lens on your SLR. Gary Hendricks http://www.basic-digital-photography.com |
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In article .com,
wrote: Just thought I might share my experience on taking sunset pictures with this group. Hope it's useful - try these six tricks to capture powerful photos imbued with the beauty and positive feelings of sunsets. Jeez...let me print this out so I can take it with me next time. |
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In article .com,
wrote: Just thought I might share my experience on taking sunset pictures with this group. Hope it's useful - try these six tricks to capture powerful photos imbued with the beauty and positive feelings of sunsets. Jeez...let me print this out so I can take it with me next time. |
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Gary, Thanks for sharing. Very interesting perspective.
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Gary, Thanks for sharing. Very interesting perspective.
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Marvin wrote:
Never point the camera at a sun that is too bright to look at with your eye. You could ruin the sensor. That would mean the sun has to be completely out of frame right, as in already below the horizon? -- -- Ben Thomas - Software Engineer - Melbourne, Australia My Digital World: Kodak DX6490, Canon i9950, Pioneer A05; Hitachi 37" HD plasma display, DGTEC 2000A, Denon 2800, H/K AVR4500, Whatmough Encore; Sony Ericsson K700i, Palm Tungsten T. Disclaimer: Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my employer shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. |
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Marvin wrote:
Never point the camera at a sun that is too bright to look at with your eye. You could ruin the sensor. That would mean the sun has to be completely out of frame right, as in already below the horizon? -- -- Ben Thomas - Software Engineer - Melbourne, Australia My Digital World: Kodak DX6490, Canon i9950, Pioneer A05; Hitachi 37" HD plasma display, DGTEC 2000A, Denon 2800, H/K AVR4500, Whatmough Encore; Sony Ericsson K700i, Palm Tungsten T. Disclaimer: Opinions, conclusions, and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my employer shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. |
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Ben Thomas wrote:
Marvin wrote: Never point the camera at a sun that is too bright to look at with your eye. You could ruin the sensor. That would mean the sun has to be completely out of frame right, as in already below the horizon? Or out of the frame to the right or the left or up or down. Or behind a cloud, a bird, a kite, a tree, or some landscape feature, etc. I could keep going but you get the picture. (That was a pun!). With any camera, digital or film, pointing the camera at a bright sun has the potential for damage. Besides, it is usually the clouds or a partially blocked sun that your are interested in for a sunset photo. |
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George E. Cawthon wrote:
Ben Thomas wrote: Marvin wrote: Never point the camera at a sun that is too bright to look at with your eye. You could ruin the sensor. That would mean the sun has to be completely out of frame right, as in already below the horizon? Or out of the frame to the right or the left or up or down. Or behind a cloud, a bird, a kite, a tree, or some landscape feature, etc. I could keep going but you get the picture. (That was a pun!). With any camera, digital or film, pointing the camera at a bright sun has the potential for damage. Besides, it is usually the clouds or a partially blocked sun that your are interested in for a sunset photo. Like this? http://clarkvision.com/galleries/gal...2540a-600.html http://clarkvision.com/galleries/gal...3372b-600.html http://clarkvision.com/galleries/gal...waii-snst.html These violated at least one of the 6 tips. Roger |
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