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Every night I get to view an amazing sunset right off my patio. When I decided to take pictures of it, it was harder than I thought. Even when I tried several different settings, I still was not sure if I was doing something wrong, or my pictures were how they were supposed to be. Tell me what you think. |
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 Soft Flash with contrast and exposure editing |
Which is the best setting on my camera to take pictures of a sunset? Or should I just edit them? |
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PaulaKirsch at 6:37pm on Jan. 6, 2008
about 1 year ago
I love digital cameras because now I can take 1000 pictures of something and only print the one's I like. It's fun to experiment with the camera. My grandson could easily be the most photographed child on earth, between my daughter and I! lol! I think you sunsets are beautiful! Reminds me of the Arizona Highways magazine my Uncle used to send to us when I was little. Could use some of the Arizona warmth and dry heat right now! Reply...
Bill Benzon at 7:10pm on Dec. 10, 2007
about 1 year ago
Ah, yes. There is ALWAYS the problem of just what looks natural. For various reasons having to do with the physics of images, there is no way a photograph can reproduce exactly what you saw. There's always going to be a compromise. Some compromises are better than otheres; but there will be more than one good compromise. It's up to you to pick that one.
Me, I've long since given up on picking just one. I like to play around with various versions. Reply...
bachibambo at 11:50am on Nov. 6, 2007
about 1 year ago
Let me see if I can be of some use here. One good thing about Sunrise and Sunset pictures is that "Sun" is your subject and that bugger is so bright that you need not worry about any settings. Just point and shoot (of course I'm talking in a very generic sense. There are a lot of ways to play with it too). Here I see that you decided to take a shot after the Sun is down but that should not make a lot of difference. One thing I wouldn't do is use flash for these pictures. The reason is simple. Flash is used only to light the subject when there is not enough of it. In this scenario, your subject is the entire sky and hence there is no way the flash can do anything about it.
Now, if we analyze all the pictures here, this is what we see.
1. The natural colors in the sky are gone since the flash mislead the camera into wrongly calibrating the sensor
2. Closest to the original scene. Here, you can very clearly see the contrast between the reflection off the clouds and the plain sky. A contrast in colors will make a picture beautiful any day
3. I'm not sure what this setting does but you can see that the entire sky looks pretty much the same color without any gradations. Also, the leaves on the left are not properly focused
4. The sky is over-exposed. The colors in the sky look too bright
Here are some Sunrise/Sunset shots from my recent road trip. Feel free to comment on them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8036260@N02/sets/72157601595800651/ Reply...