On 8/11/2011 00:08, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Aug 10, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Jens wrote:
Hello all you clever people
When photographing a sunset (one of the two most popular photographic subjects
- sunsets and women) I always get disappointed as my photographs come out,
showing a white sun! I guess most people actually see the sun as red, orange or
yellow, as the sun is setting. I wish someone would come up with an easy way of
avoiding these white sun sunsets.
I have tried to alter this image in Photoshop - not very successfully, I´m
afraid:
http://www.locr.com/photo-sweden-j%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping-norra-kyrkogr%C3%A4nd-2-14222554
Regards
Jens
I haven't gone into my LR files to verify this, but IIRC, I have never shot a
sunset photo that had more than 1/3 of the sun in the frame. If there is that
much sun, then they are just framing shots in preparation. The best sunset
pictures are taken 30-60 minutes after the sun has dissappeared behind the
horizon. IMHO. I recall on one of my honeymoons I was on a Caribbean island
known for spectacular sunsets. We took a taxi to the west end of the island, I
carefully framed a series of shots through and over and around an old Spanish
fort. And then we left, about 45 minutes after sunset. As we drove away in the
taxi, I looked back and saw such color in the clouds as I have never seen
before or since. We left about 5 minutes too early.
stan
Jens - I think Stan gave the very best advice... I was a bit flip
responding with my underexposing comment.. which is just "Expose for the
highlights" anyway. The other thing is, of course, no one should be
looking directly at the sun, ever. though it is hard to resist sometimes.
ann
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