Sunset Tips!

[Luke.]

So I looked out the window last weekend to see the sun going down and I looked at the sky! Got the camera out and turned it on and it was on aperture priority on the lowest! I got this picture from it! Im just wondering what I can do to improve the picture as in settings etc etc lighting!

Thanks

Luke

 

[Reyes]

Tripod with long shutter speed to capture the darker areas.

 

[Ian]

What is it you're trying to achieve Luke? If you want a silhouette, you're pretty much there tbh, just need to under-expose a bit more. If you're after getting everything exposed you'll probably need a filter to avoid over-exposing the sky.

 

[Reyes]

What is it you're trying to achieve Luke? If you want a silhouette, you're pretty much there tbh, just need to under-expose a bit more. If you're after getting everything exposed you'll probably need a filter to avoid over-exposing the sky.

+1 a Grad filter.
It's already a nice image tbf.

 

[capturedbyjames]

go nuts... filter it up a bit. maybe a ND and a ND grad on the sky would help out. then adjust shutter time right up, even going over 30 seconds and use bulb mode for 1 min....

have a play, always the best way!

 

[Tigger]

What strength ND filter you reccomend using - 2x, 4x or 8x?

 

[Keano]

yeah. dont be gay.

<3 hi

 

[Luke.]

What is it you're trying to achieve Luke? If you want a silhouette, you're pretty much there tbh, just need to under-expose a bit more. If you're after getting everything exposed you'll probably need a filter to avoid over-exposing the sky.

What is a silhouette??? I dunno what im trying to achieve! Just a good photographic photo tbh! I dont have much in the way of filters! but ive bought a ND8 which should be here soon! so ill see how it goes from there!

This pic really was a quick got the cam out and turned it on and shot that pic! nothing to special never had time for tripod or anything!

Luke

 

[Jungle_Jim]

a silhouette is where the object is just black and has no detail (think ipod advert).

as for the pic i dont think there is anything massively wrong but when shooting sunset you need to shoot a good 10 minutes earlier than you think to achieve the same results in camera as you actually want

 

[unofficialPete]

Lots of recommendations for Gradual ND filters, they are great for landscape work to help you exposure for a dark foreground and bright sky in balancing the light hitting the sensor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduated_neutral_density_filter

If you bought a screw on ND filter this won't help achieve a balanced exposure, it'll help block out light across the scene and allow for a slower shutter speed, good for blurring clouds and getting movement in water or using fast lenses (e.g. f/1.8) in bright light where your shutter speed exceeds what the camera is capable of (e.g. 1/4000 or 1/8000).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral_density_filter

I ran Exposure/Highlight in Photoshop on your picture, hope you don't mind, gives you an idea of what a GND will do... if you knew all of this already I'll stop rambling

 

[Brown.]

81b warm up filters can help but as above grad's of any colour...gray or brown

 

[capturedbyjames]

What strength ND filter you reccomend using - 2x, 4x or 8x?

For that pic, probably a 2 with a 2 grad over that. so 4 at the top, 2 at the bottom...... depends on so much though......

 

[Lagerlout]

Ought to get myself an ND grad tbh.

This is silhouette (albeit with a fair bt of pp)

This was using an 81C filter to get a warm orangey effect. It's taken at a waterpark about 2 miles from my house, but I wanted it to look like it was from an exotic land lol More or less straight from camera iirc.

 

[Tigger]

Hoya ND filters good then?

81c filter looks like it does a fantastic job, I LOVE that sunset shot!