shooting straight into the sunset

11 years 11 months ago #225057 by afoto
what are your thoughts on shooting straight into the sunset? lately i've found that i actually like my results better when composing my shot 90 degrees to either side so the actual sun isn't in my shot.

does anyone else feel this way? is it a common landscape practice not to shoot into the sunset?

this image was shot just after the sun went under the horizon line, so here i don't mind it so much. i found this cool old anchor and chain that was slowly being covered by the tide that i thought would be cool to include in the image, as always, c&c appreciated


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11 years 11 months ago #225066 by John Landolfi
Nice compositional idea! Here's the one way I now of to shoot into the sunset without blowing everything out:

www.photographytalk.com/photo-galleries/...d=5909#photoid=58054

What do you think?


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11 years 11 months ago #225083 by orion
The composition of the shot is great, nice sunset, the thing that really spoils the shot for me is the post at the front being out of focus...distracting....could have been a superb photo. Shame :unsure:


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11 years 11 months ago #225139 by photobod
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: Abbye this is a superb image, the composition and the mood of the shot are superb :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :judge: :judge: :judge: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

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11 years 11 months ago #225177 by afoto
cool guys, thanks for the comments.

orion, a good point. i stopped down to f/11 to allow for a 4 minute exposure instead of a 10 minute exposure as my roommate was getting restless...

next time roommate gets no say! :P


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11 years 11 months ago #225421 by MLD98742
Great photograph! I think this looks amazing.


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11 years 11 months ago #225427 by San84
I agree with you....shooting straight at sunset does produce great result....specially if the sky has some cloud cover...you can really produce neat photos by playing with the temperature...only thing I would be aware of is to avoid possible flares in my shot when shooting straight in the sun....I did few shots here:-

www.photographytalk.com/forum/landscape-...lk-down-the-pierside

Btw, great composition....I really like your long exposures!! :)

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