Sunset Glow by photosynthesis
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Coming home from the last session of my photography class yesterday, the sky was filled with gray clouds & it was getting dark. But as the sun set, an opening appeared low on the horizon through which a dramatic red glow was visible. I stopped my car just 3 or 4 miles before I got to my house & tried to capture it as best I could. Not ideal, but I thought still worth posting.
Technical details: No tripod (& not really a lot of time to get one set up anyway), so the best I could do to get any decent amount of light was aperture at F/3.1, shutter speed of 1/20 second, & ISO 400. I used auto bracket to get 3 exposures thinking I might be able to combine them to get an HDR image that would capture both the drama of the sky & some detail in the landscape. But I've never been happy with the results I've gotten from HDR under these types of lighting conditions & this was no exception. I ended up blending 2 of the 3 images using layers in Photoshop & this noisy image was the best I could do. Other than being better prepared & bringing a tripod or buying a new & better camera, if anyone has any suggestions on how I could have gotten a better result, I'd be glad to hear them...
Still better with zoom, despite the quality issues...
Comments (21)
jayfar
This is beautiful.
Mondwin
Magnificent capture my friend!!!Bravissimo!:DDD. Hugsxx Whylma
ronmolina
Beautiful!
miwi
Wonderful capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ArtistKimberly
Gorgeous Image,
Faemike55
Very beautiful capture
dcclxxvii
Beautiful.
giulband
fantastic shot
MrsRatbag
It's very lovely despite the noise; do you shoot in RAW? If so, you can remove a lot of colour noise in Lightroom. I would have stopped to capture this too. I have two tripods, and one lives in the back of my car for this kind of emergency ;)
photosynthesis
No, my camera doesn't do RAW.
Enlightened
Beautiful firey sky and photo. Super capture.
Rob2753
That sky is awesome looks like it's on fire :) nicely captured
roguetographer
Gorgeous image!
linwhite
You were in the right place at the right time, and you knew what to do about it. I love the sunset and especially the way the wave of color seems to follow the curve of the hills.
pimanjc
Nice job.
goodoleboy
Capital capture of the sunset glow as evening approaches. Sorry I couldn't read your narrative but I'm very late today.
Julz1972
Lovely clouds that look like they are on fire.
etoiledumatin
Merci pour les renseignements concernant la vitesse, l'iso et l'ouverture, le résultat est magnifique.
auntietk
Nope, no suggestions. I think you did a great job with this. The light on the clouds was the whole point, the rest of the picture provides context, and the result gives me the feeling that I was there. Nice!
GrandmaT
Beautiful!
snowcrow1
Wow, awesome capture!! The hills look like they're a blaze! A camera that shots RAW, tripod with quick release, and a good low light lens (f2.8 or smaller) are your best friends in these situations. I've been caught short so many times, I now carry a Lowepro pack with me where ever I go.
danapommet
I'm impressed with this photo - it looks like the hills are on fire.