Yeah, another sunset, duh..

NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
edited August 30, 2009 in Landscapes
Hot weather and OC fires (correction: LA fires:-) made for some atypical sunsets. Not competing with the prior ones (or Gary's:) , it still got enough to drag my sorry arse out of the house and snap a few from my standard issue "sunset point".

#1: LiveView is a tremendous help when shooting TS lens. So is tripod when bracketing :-) (shown: 5D2 + TS 24mm + Manfrotto NG-E2 + Acratech V2)

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#2: Smoke and clouds created some nice color effects in the skies:

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#3: Some were taken handlheld (50D + 70-200/2.8 IS USM):

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#4: Who said long lens is for portraits only? ;-)

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#5: Got some "pink god rays"? ;-)

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#6: Never leave when the sun is down: the show typically just about to begin:

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#7: Fire in the sky:

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#8: And of course, my "signature" barbed wire fence shot: :rofl

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Images processed in Bridge/ACR/PS. Some are multiimage composites (typically couple of layers and gradiented mask), some are just single images tweaked in ACR

The rest is here:
http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/9442295_NkVvH

This post was made with the assistance of Star*Explorer
"May the f/stop be with you!"

Comments

  • CuongCuong Registered Users Posts: 1,508 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    I also witnessed the spectacular sunset on Friday evening. Unfortunately, didn't have the chance to capture it like you did. Thanks for sharing.thumb.gif
    BTW, fires are in LA County.

    Cuong
    "She Was a Little Taste of Heaven – And a One-Way Ticket to Hell!" - Max Phillips
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    I love the forest fire smoke skies. Really unique colors and you've captured some.

    I never get sick of sunsets (sunrises ain't to shabby either :D )...

    Nice , did you use a GND filter?, you kept a lot of foreground.
    Rags
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    Cuong wrote:
    I also witnessed the spectacular sunset on Friday evening. Unfortunately, didn't have the chance to capture it like you did. Thanks for sharing.thumb.gif
    BTW, fires are in LA County.

    Cuong
    Are they? I though that was OC.. headscratch.gifMea culpa..:hide
    And thanks for watching! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    torags wrote:
    I love the forest fire smoke skies. Really unique colors and you've captured some.

    I never get sick of sunsets (sunrises ain't to shabby either :D )...

    Nice , did you use a GND filter?, you kept a lot of foreground.

    No, no GND fiter. I tried them at some point in time, but decided they are no match to what I can do in post. Just single image (or couple of bracketed frames) processed in ACR (gradient brush is the key) and then blended in PS if need be...
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    Nikolai wrote:
    No, no GND fiter. I tried them at some point in time, but decided they are no match to what I can do in post. Just single image (or couple of bracketed frames) processed in ACR (gradient brush is the key) and then blended in PS if need be...

    wish I knew how to do all that stuff....... headscratch.gif
    Rags
  • WirenWiren Registered Users Posts: 741 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    #2 & 7
    Nice shots, I like the 2nd, nice clouds, enough distance to the sun to really show the hills. #7 is real nice too.

    Lee
    Lee Wiren
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    torags wrote:
    wish I knew how to do all that stuff....... headscratch.gif
    Do hear request for a Sunset workshop? mwink.gif Imaging all that plus a neat model in the foreground...:D
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited August 30, 2009
    Wiren wrote:
    Nice shots, I like the 2nd, nice clouds, enough distance to the sun to really show the hills. #7 is real nice too.

    Lee
    Thank you, Lee! thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
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