Exposing for a sun setting

6 years 11 months ago #526669 by TGonzo
I've recently seen some sunsets where the sun is huge on the horizon.  If I wanted to expose for the sun, my foreground is all dark.  I don't have a graduated ND filter, so what can I do here?


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6 years 11 months ago #526716 by effron
Some tips follow, I usually expose for the sky, and when in doubt bracket a few shots..........
digital-photography-school.com/how-to-ph...unrises-and-sunsets/

Why so serious?
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6 years 11 months ago #527973 by albinpix
Bring along an external flash and a portable softbox if possible. Should fix things up pretty quickly.


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6 years 10 months ago #528119 by Joves
As Ernest pointed out bracketing. Or you just expose for foreground, then expose for the sky, and combine in post. You will need to use the spot metering, and I would make up a few exposures of each. Or you can be even trickier. Setup on scene before the sun is on the horizon in the shot, shoot the foreground, and then the sunset, and combine in post using layers.


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