Comments on: 3 Tips for Creating Spectacular Sunset Photos

By: Evgeny Belashov

Evgeny Belashov — Fri, 27 May 2016 19:26:00 +0000

Sunset clouds over Kyiv after a shower.

By: IAmRobyn

IAmRobyn — Wed, 18 May 2016 15:48:00 +0000

I took some photos last night at Devil’s Elbow north of Florence and was looking for tips on how to get “sunset mode” colors but using the manual setting. I was shocked to see your Devil’s Elbow pictures front and center here! Cool!
(I posted one on Oregon Coast Images FB page)

By: Mary James

Mary James — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 04:23:00 +0000

Morning light here is often beautiful – today I decided to miss early morning training session in the pool, catch the light and take photos at the beach instead! These were taken hand held on my Nikon D3300 using kit lens. Photo 1) Aperture priority ISO 200; 55mm; -1.7EV; f7.1; 1/640. Photo 2) Aperture priority; ISO 200; 38mm; -1.7EV; f7.1; 1/800. Photo 3) Aperture priority: ISO 200 55mm; -1.3EV; f7.1; 1/200 White Balance was on auto – might try it with shade next time and see what happens. Took time to apply camera settings before I got to the beach. Do find the overwhelming desire to take shots before light changes too much locks me into what I have already set instead of experimenting further.

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 19:09:00 +0000

In reply to Mary James. great job on applying the 3 principals and remembering to use them!

By: Mary James

Mary James — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 06:58:00 +0000

I was not preparing for a photo shoot BUT when I stepped into garden the rainbow was there and not trying to capture it in camera was not an option. Perhaps not the greatest composition and no tripod but I did remember to adjust exposure down and get something in the foreground. So: Aperture priority; f7.1; ISO 200; 18mm; -1.7EV; 1/60. Then turning around to look in direction of sun setting, through the trees I captured the lovely colours reflected on the clouds – had time to mount camera on tripod for that shot.

By: Peter Bryant

Peter Bryant — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 19:41:00 +0000

I usually don’t have much luck with sunset pictures but I have been practicing using more manual camera settings.

By: Sara Messenger

Sara Messenger — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 21:06:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. Thank you!

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 15:40:00 +0000

In reply to Sara Messenger. Looks great. Next time just do the things you've already mentioned - foreground and tripod. Keep shooting and have fun!

By: Sara Messenger

Sara Messenger — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 04:14:00 +0000

I tried taking pics of the sunset tonight and wasn’t really happy with how the photos turned out. So I came home and googled tips and came across your page. Here’s one of my best photos from tonight. Unfortunately, I was limited with my location so I wasn’t able to put something in the foreground. And I also forgot my tripod mount. Oops! What else should I have done differently? I was playing around with graduated neutral density filters for the first time. I signed up for your email and look forward to reading all of your tips! Thank you!

By: Lynne

Lynne — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 19:37:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. True, but I suppose like any art, it's subjective, and a matter of choice! Every day I see and learn more about photography, it's an amazing journey :)

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 18:10:00 +0000

In reply to Lynne. Not saying they all do that but many. Just don't believe everything you see is 100% as it was in reality that's all. And there's nothing wrong with that, it's a preference and if you're making art it's artists choice.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:35:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. Oh, kind of disappointing that they would do that but I'll try the longer exposure as I'm all for artistic photography, but I prefer being as natural as possible!

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:25:00 +0000

In reply to Lynne.

you won’t SEE the beam of light unless . . . there is smoke or particles in the air. Light has to bounce off something to be seen. Yes a longer exposure would help see the light stronger. But not a beam. Often in magazines – I hate to say it – they’d added the “beam” of light in Photoshop later.

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:23:00 +0000

In reply to Thomas Curry. really nicely done

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 21:23:00 +0000

In reply to Thomas Curry. awesome!

By: Thomas Curry

Thomas Curry — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:05:00 +0000

Here’s some more of my sunsets

By: Thomas Curry

Thomas Curry — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 03:56:00 +0000

Funny, I just went to my place in Rehoboth Beach, DE to do a little maintenance and I realized the skies were doing their thing and a great sunset was going to occur. So,I grabbed my tripod and camera and went to the edge of the bay, went out on a pier and these great sunset pics were taken.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:20:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. I'm not sure if I've posted twice again! I timed this one a bit better but would a longer exposure have helped to make the light brighter? I wanted it to spread out into the sky like in the magazines :)

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:02:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. Thanks so much Darlene. I do feel like I'm improving and taking much more time composing and thinking about the light and my camera settings. I'm really looking forward to your next course :)

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:00:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. I think I timed this one a bit better but would a longer exposure have made the light brighter? I wanted it to spread out into the sky like in the magazines but had no idea how to make it do that :)

By: Lynne

Lynne — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 20:00:00 +0000

In reply to Darlene Hildebrandt. Yup, I do it all the time now :)

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:38:00 +0000

In reply to Lynne. Nice! Pays to look around right?

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:38:00 +0000

In reply to Lynne. awesome job! You've got great color, good exposure and something in front to add depth. Great job!

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:37:00 +0000

In reply to Lynne. this is really pretty - one tip for lighthouses. Either use a longer exposure and make sure the light comes all the way around during the time it's exposing, or time your shot to get the light ON at the top

By: Darlene Hildebrandt

Darlene Hildebrandt — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 19:35:00 +0000

In reply to Lynne. No worries I deleted the duplicate