Just another day camping
Normal scenery on sunny summer eve
Normal scenery on sunny summer eve
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Location
This photo is taken from the shore of the Ottawa River at Fitzroy Provincial Park as the sun had almost completely set. This is looking across at Barrage Des Chats, a hydro generating dam that captures the Ottawa River, between Kedeys Island and a nameless one. We camped every year here for about 10 years at Thanksgiving with two families and this view never got old.Time
All of us went for a walk through the winding park roads to the beach after dinner around 6pm, where the dogs could run and I stayed behind for a while after wards to try for a sunset picture at about 6:40pm.Lighting
I have a few more of these same shots in varying exposures and different zooms but this one just appealed to me more. October here can be just about any weather from hot to snow to pouring rain so it was luck that gave me this moment with a clear sky and a stunning orange sunset. I always prefer to use Aperture priority whenever I can. Taking a picture into the sun is always a challenge but I love the way everything becomes a golden silhouette.Equipment
This view was taken with a Nikon D50 with an 18-55 lens, F-stop 5.6 with 1/160 sec shutter and 4.5 Aperture. No flash was used and a tripod was not used either as we were also capturing two dogs running around the beach at about the same time.Inspiration
I have loved taking sunset / sunrise photos for ever. There is just something about that beautiful orange fiery sky that draws me to capture it forever on film. I'm still trying to master the indigo colors after sunset, it's a hit and miss for meEditing
This one needed no post processing, I loved it as it was.In my camera bag
Now days I have Nikon D7200 with a Sigma wide angle, 10-20mm lens and I always have a Nikon 28-105mm as well. These two lenses cover pretty much everything I want to do. I used to carry a 70-300mm but I found I needed a tripod and I really like the mobility of not setting one up. I may in the near future practice my tripod use as I'm sure that's the secret for my indigo shotsFeedback
I'm not necessarily a patient photographer and love to use the Aperture priority feature where I control F-stops and ISO although ISO I generally leave at 200 now to avoid graininess in the shot. This photo was at 200 ISO. Although Nikon D50 will go to 1600 ISO it's not really helpful here. All in all take many photos of the scene you want, try different ISO, F-Stops and focal lengths. There just isn't a perfect setting because every situation is different and what you see isn't necessarily what I see and demands your unique point of view. You may find that blurring out the foreground makes the background stand out more for you especially if there's something you really don't want in your picture. Something I've been working on more as well is framing. It's important to move your camera around and tilt it up, down or even cant it to one side a bit. Make sure that what you see in your viewfinder is what you want in your picture. You can crop later but try to capture the best point of view or capture a multitude of them to pick the best later. I have 10 shots of this sunset in various focal lengths and exposures. Also, don't forget to just sit back and enjoy the sunset without looking through a lens, it's good for the soul to imprint it right now in your mind and not just later on the computer.
