Beautiful sunsets

[degies]

 

[EvilZeev228]

Beautiful shots guys....have are some of my photos to share with you guys.

 

[apacheebest]

Thanks for this beautiful Thread,

Shot some sunset pics at Alleppey Beach, Kerala. Sharing them for you

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Thanks for Viewing, Have a Wonderful Day

Anil George

 

[bigdaddy]

Hallo everyone,

here are a few Sunsets from a small german island in the north see, Langeogg.

We were there for nine nights and I tried to catch a magnificent sunset on eight of those nights, but the weather didn't want to cooperate. At least there was a windsurfer for there for a little distraction.

On the one night I didn't go, the sunset was magnificent, the last photo is one from our patio after I looked out and saw the sky on fire.

I'm just starting to develop my skills so any constructive criticism is welcome.

All shots wit a 6D and 24-105L

bigdaddy

 

[Pitspics]

Venice

 

[degies]

Lake Pukaki New Zealand

 

[Krob78]

Florida Sunset

 

[littlewildcat]

Too Good Pond, Unionville, Markham, Ontario 40D/28-105mm USM II

 

[cpsico]

Flag pond

 

[emag]

Baars Bridge between Pensacola and Perdido Key

 

[Steve Williams]

I've been experimenting with light painting. Six 30 sec. exposures composited in PS with a little help from a flashlight. The sky is one exposure without much processing. It really was that color.

e Saquaro NP with a Flashlight by Jaw's Dad, on Flickr

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi dilbert.
Please could you show us a picture of yours to show us how it should be done, or if you don't have one perhaps a detailed explanation of the technique and processing needed to achieve no blown highlights. Whilst you at doing that the rest of us can take our pictures wih blown highlights and at least have something to show!

Cheers Graham.

I can't believe how many of these images have blown highlights.

 

[leolol]

Blown Highlights: Use graduated ND filters Obviously that doesnt fix it 100% but it makes it better.

Here are 2 from last years holiday in greece (using the grad nds)

 

[Salomon]

North Sea

 

[Click]

Blown Highlights: Use graduated ND filters Obviously that doesnt fix it 100% but it makes it better.

Here are 2 from last years holiday in greece (using the grad nds)

Very nice first post. Welcome to cr

 

[leolol]

Very nice first post. Welcome to cr
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thanks!

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Dilbert.
Thank you, very nice, filters or HDR, other tricks methods?

Cheers Graham.

Hi dilbert.
Please could you show us a picture of yours to show us how it should be done, or if you don't have one perhaps a detailed explanation of the technique and processing needed to achieve no blown highlights. Whilst you at doing that the rest of us can take our pictures wih blown highlights and at least have something to show!

Cheers Graham.

I can't believe how many of these images have blown highlights.

This is one of the first ever sunset pictures that I took with a DSLR. Unfortunately it gets converted to sRGB for the web ...

 

[Don Haines]

Hi dilbert.
Please could you show us a picture of yours to show us how it should be done, or if you don't have one perhaps a detailed explanation of the technique and processing needed to achieve no blown highlights. Whilst you at doing that the rest of us can take our pictures wih blown highlights and at least have something to show!

Cheers Graham.

I can't believe how many of these images have blown highlights.

It is very easy to take sunset pictures without blown highlights. All you have to do is wait until the sun is well below the horizon, or you can use photoshop to subtlety darken the offending area in a manner so that the blown highlights will not be noticeable

 

[privatebydesign]

Hi dilbert.
Please could you show us a picture of yours to show us how it should be done, or if you don't have one perhaps a detailed explanation of the technique and processing needed to achieve no blown highlights. Whilst you at doing that the rest of us can take our pictures wih blown highlights and at least have something to show!

Cheers Graham.

I can't believe how many of these images have blown highlights.

This is one of the first ever sunset pictures that I took with a DSLR. Unfortunately it gets converted to sRGB for the web ...

I can't believe you could be so crass.

It is not difficult to prevent blown highlights, just expose for them, but if you do that, then like your example image, the shadows are blocked up. Unless the sun is very low and or there is a lot of atmospheric pollution there is way more dynamic range in a sunset image that contains the sun than any camera can capture, including anything Sony might make. You are not clever, and others are not stupid, you choose what to sacrifice, highlights or shadows, or use more advanced techniques as already mentioned.

 

[Don Haines]

Hi Dilbert.
Thank you, very nice, filters or HDR, other tricks methods?

Cheers Graham.

Hi dilbert.
Please could you show us a picture of yours to show us how it should be done, or if you don't have one perhaps a detailed explanation of the technique and processing needed to achieve no blown highlights. Whilst you at doing that the rest of us can take our pictures wih blown highlights and at least have something to show!

Cheers Graham.

I can't believe how many of these images have blown highlights.

This is one of the first ever sunset pictures that I took with a DSLR. Unfortunately it gets converted to sRGB for the web ...

No special tricks or methods. No filters.

I like the pastel colour of the sky...

When you consider that a sunset picture ranges from the sun (very bright) to items in the evening shade (very dark) you would probably need 25 stops (just guessing) of dynamic range to cover both. Personally, I like to expose for the brighter areas and leave the rest darker.... it sets a mood...

EDIT: just compared settings on two pictures.... make that 29 stops of difference!