Prestwood Sunset
Here is a photograph of a sunset over Lake Prestwood during my visit to Hartsville. I wish there had been some nice clouds in the sky. The next evening had a beautiful sky, but I was driving back home by that time.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Prestwood Sunrise
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Blue Ridge Parkway Sunset, Day 2
Sunset over the Blue Ridge Mountains
Sunset on the second day up on the Blue Ridge was nice. Not spectacular, but nice. There were no clouds on the horizon to add texture and drama. There was a haze that ... well, hazed over the distance. I was having a hard time during this sunset getting a good exposure for the sky and the foreground. As you can see in this shot, the foreground went dark very quickly. The one little bit of light kissing the nearest ridge does add a hint of the ridge's texture. Again, this was an HDR blend with a little additional post-processing in Lightroom 3 for color and contrast.
All in all it was a good workshop, and I did come away with a few images that I liked.
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Sunbeams
Three Trees
After the close-up session, we waited for sunset at a particular overlook that Richard had decided to use. We were hoping for some clouds to form as the sky was very bare and uninteresting. Some clouds did form over us, but none of them made it to the western horizon for the sunset.
This image is an HDR blend I took as the sun was getting lower in the sky. The "sunbeams" are actually formed by using a very small aperture with the sun in the field of view, in this case f/22. It is also cropped just a little for compositional purposes in order to get the sunbeams coming in from the very top of the frame.
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Friday, November 5, 2010
Blue Ridge Parkway Sunset, Day 1
Parkway Sunset
The first day of our trip to the Blue Ridge Parkway ended with a sunset session. This image is an HDR in order to get some detail in the ridges while maintaining the colors and textures in the sky.
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Blogging Blahs
Sunset on Lake Moultrie
I know that the posts have been sparse this week. I've just been in a bit of funk and haven't had anything to say. Sorry, I know that makes be a bad blogger. Hope to have something soon ... I hope.
Anyway, the above photograph was taken this past Spring at Lake Moultrie near Charleston, SC. It was the first time I had actually gotten to shoot a sunset. I used a graduated, neutral density filter to even out the exposures between the sky and the foreground. It was also the first time that I had used that filter. I think it turned out really well. I was pleased with several of the shots I got of the sunset. The sky certainly was agreeable and gave use plenty of nice colors and clouds for texture.
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