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​5 tips for capturing sunsets photography

​5 tips for capturing sunsets photography

Sunrise and sunset are the most beautiful scenes in nature. The bright red sun and the golden light through the colorful clouds are the subjects that photography enthusiasts like to shoot. As the sun rises above or near the horizon, its brightness increases and decreases rapidly. In the early morning, canvas prints the light becomes brighter and brighter, gradually losing the atmosphere of the morning, and the evening light will quickly become weaker. At this time, colorful clouds often appear around the sun. Because the scenery of sunrise and sunset changes rapidly, it is very important to prepare well before shooting, which will help you shoot in time.

I think both novice and professional photographers will have the opportunity to capture the beautiful scenery of sunset, so when shooting the sunset, custom size canvas prints what method can be better? Here are 5 tips to help you practice this weekend.

Shoot the sunset red

On a good day, or on a stormy day, when the sky is magnificent, it is easy to capture a red sunset. However, if there is no magical color in the sky on weekdays, glass prints online we can also adjust the white balance of the camera to a high K number or flash the light, so as to warm the color tone, although it may not become "red", but at least it will bring out the feeling of sunset.

A well-adjusted white balance and an "Saturation" effect may be applied to the image Settings of the camera to make the colors more prominent. Another point is that when shooting can reduce the exposure, try not to overexposure, otherwise the sky will become white, and will not see the round sun.

How should the sun be composed?

The composition has two main points:

If the sun is the main character, place it on the center line.

If the sun is just a foil, place it at the intersection of the rule of thirds.

Take bigger sunsets!

Wide Angle lenses are often used in landscape photography, but if you want to make the sunset look bigger and more powerful, try using a telephoto lens (200mm or more), because the foreground and background are compressed so that the sun looks bigger!

5 tips for capturing sunsets photography

(Tips 4) elements contained in the screen

Don't just photograph the sun! It's going to be boring. Better yet, look for something to contrast, such as grass silhouettes, seashells on the beach, or even clouds in the sky.

Sometimes you can also turn the setting sun into a foil, focusing on other subjects, using large aperture and shallow depth of field to atomize the red sun!

(tip 5) balance the light difference to make the photo more professional

Unless you want to take backlit or silhouettes, it is highly recommended that you use a gradient grey filter or black card (if you have enough exposure time) to balance out the light differences so that the details of the ground will show up and allow you to take a more professional picture!

If you can balance the exposure of the sky and the ground, your work will be more professional and attractive! Although the sunset sun every day, but to take a good photo also needs to cooperate with the weather, so at noon, pay more attention to the sky, best aluminum photo prints see the opportunity to take a beautiful sunset will seize the opportunity!

3rd Jun 2019

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