Sunset on the Marsh

eoren1

Headed down to the beach tonight on an ice cream run and grabbed the camera and tripod in case of a decent sunset. There is a preserved salt marsh adjacent to the beach and the sun was setting in just the right spot to try to play with some leading lines among the marsh. This was the best result. Appreciate your thoughts.
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squirl033

nice composition... would've been a good candidate for a grad ND filter to tone down the sky a bit...

eoren1

Thanks Rocky
It's funny because I shot this as a 6-bracket HDR and wasn't happy with the dark sky and prominent sun so I went back and omitted the darkest bracket to get the shot above. Thought it looked a bit more natural this way.
Appreciate your thoughts!

denisegoldberg

eoren1 wrote: »

It's funny because I shot this as a 6-bracket HDR and wasn't happy with the dark sky and prominent sun so I went back and omitted the darkest bracket to get the shot above. Thought it looked a bit more natural this way.

I like this shot a lot.

Have you tried reverse graduated ND filters? They are very helpful for sunrise and sunset shots.

--- Denise

eoren1

Hi Denise
I have one grad ND but seem to keep forgetting to use it. As luck would have it, the no-see-ums found me as I shot this so I can only imagine ending up using the ND filter to scratch at my skin rather than using it to adjust the shot
I'll have to remember to grab it out of the bag next time.

denisegoldberg

eoren1 wrote: »

I have one grad ND but seem to keep forgetting to use it. As luck would have it, the no-see-ums found me as I shot this so I can only imagine ending up using the ND filter to scratch at my skin rather than using it to adjust the shot. I'll have to remember to grab it out of the bag next time.

Ah, but you might want a reverse graduated ND filter for shots like this one. I have (and use) both - the reverse filters are darker in the middle which means they can handle the bright light at the horizon.

I use both graduated and reverse graduated ND filters from Singh-Ray:

http://www.singh-ray.com/reversegrads.html
http://www.singh-ray.com/grndgrads.html

--- Denise