Sunset

I like this, do you, give C&C thank you, it has been very helpful to me[ on this forum.


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Taken on the beach, maybe not good quality, its a start.


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Would have been better if I was earlier.

Not to bad but you have over exposed it to much and its loosing detail as a result.

I would of used a faster shutter speed with a large aperture or slower shutter speed a smaller aperture. Also shooting into the sun you can use a lower ISO than 400. Also try running it thru Photoshop you may be able to get more detail out of the image. I would also recommend using a Polariser or Neutral Density filter too

Good effort tho!!

Here's one of mine to give you some idea of what you can do when you get more experience of this kind of shooting.




This was shot at 1/30 at f22 with 200 ISO and also on a IST-DL with a Pentax SMC FA 28-70mm with a Polariser on. It has also been thru post processing utilising Photoshop.

Hi Monty. As you say C&C is very helpful.
I'll give you my opinion on these, take it or leave it

It is difficult to get the exposure correct on images like this. You either expose for the foreground and the background highlights blow. Or you expose for the background and the foreground has no detail.
The way around this is either HDR ( of which I know very little) or use a graduated ND filter. This darkens the top of the image to narrow the gap in light entering the lens. That way, exposing for the now darker background matches the exposure required for the foreground. ( did that make any sense?)

But, keep them coming You should see some of my early photos

Gee thanks

Now I just need to remember to put it into practice myself

Thanks for the information it has taken a while to get my head around it, but am getting there.

I have shot pictures in bracketing not realising it could be used that way, "as has been said let the education begin" tried to get out for some more shots of the setting sun but visitors put an end to that .
I will get out as soon as posible to try bracketing thank you for the help