Unless you know the secret, there’s a good chance your photos probably didn’t turn out the way you wanted. I certainly have scads of sunset photos that didn’t turn out the way I wanted.
The issue for most people when they photograph a sunrise or sunset is that they focus on the sun and the camera meters the light levels based on the brightness of the sun or the sky immediately around it. Even adhering to the Rule of Thirds won’t help much, because the sky will still be too bright and the rest of the image, even the sky at the edges of the photo, will be unnaturally dark.
I took this photo 13 years ago, and even though I have a hard time remembering a lot of what happened that long ago, I do know that this sunset looked nothing like how it is portrayed in this photo.
Any of you taken a sunrise or sunset photo that looks like this?
The issue for most people when they photograph a sunrise or sunset is that they focus on the sun and the camera meters the light levels based on the brightness of the sun or the sky immediately around it. Even adhering to the Rule of Thirds won’t help much, because the sky will still be too bright and the rest of the image, even the sky at the edges of the photo, will be unnaturally dark.
I took this photo 13 years ago, and even though I have a hard time remembering a lot of what happened that long ago, I do know that this sunset looked nothing like how it is portrayed in this photo.
Any of you taken a sunrise or sunset photo that looks like this?