In one hand my world.
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GWarrenPhotog
September 20, 2015
Thanks for joining the Sunrise Sunset challenge and congrats on the challenge win :)
courtneymitchell-rush
September 20, 2015
Holy wowness! This is awesome! Glad you won so I could see it!
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Location
This was taken on the last day of a Mission Trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica. I made a special trip to the beach just to see the sunset and search for good compositions. Let's face it, when photography takes over your mindset changes from 'Oooh let's go see a sunset on the beach. It'll be romannnntic.' to 'That lighting is going to be gorgeous!' I know I'm not alone in this.Time
Sunset. Whenever that is for you. After rushing through the town of Montego Bay. Sunsets and sunrises are always faster than you think they are. Always. I had no time to check the area before I got there and got lucky this time. For a sun set/rise always try to be there early.Lighting
Here is my two cents. Shooting into the sun is usually a nightmare for me. My lens flares easily, but there isn't a flare in the picture, because I 'hid' it in the sun. Also the sun is partially obscured by the hand. This makes it a smaller highlight (and smaller flare) which aids in the star-burst effect. Want to make a star-burst picture? Trick is smaller apertures.Equipment
Canon t3i. Tamron 17-50 f2.8. No tripod. No flash. ISO100. f/16. 1/100. However this kind of picture isn't heavily dependent on the equipment. If you just bought a new camera, you could still take this.Inspiration
The sunset on the beach and being at the right place at the right time. I'm from North Carolina, we don't have that. After a week of watching the sun set in various bays in Jamaica, I knew I had to give it a shot. Hence the special trip to the beach. I didn't know what I was going to see, except the sunset. I'm very much an 'in the moment' photographer and I only had a few minutes to walk down the beach once to get this shot. Though I would have preferred to have more time to check out the area beforehand.Editing
This is funny. For all intents and purposes I'm a black and white photographer. I just spent a week taking photos specifically for a monochrome port-process. I have two exceptions, sunsets and food. So here we are. Actually I 'got it right in camera,' which is rarely the case so all I did was drop the blacks as the people weren't solid black and adjust the color of the sunset for a slightly warmer picture. Post-crop vignetting as well. but just a tad.In my camera bag
I am a minimalist photographer. At home I have a bunch of bags and cases, but when I'm travelling I like to be as light as possible. I use a LowePro SlingShot 200, inside is a single body and two lenses. Canon t3i, Tamron 17-50 f2.8 and a nifty fifty. Everyone should have a nifty fifty. Also, I have a black glass filter, ND1000. Actually that the only filter I carry. No UVs or polarizers for me. Plus batteries, cards, cleaners.... etc.Feedback
For beginning photographers the best thing is to work on your eye. I knew I could take a picture like this before I got there. The easiest way to get used to 'seeing' this would be to use your phone. No really. Take your phone, put it in camera mode and point it at the sun. Then tap on the sun to expose for it. This brings out the details and colors in the sky. Do that a couple times and you can really see how I took this. This scene was much brighter to the naked eye. And like I said before this photo doesn't depend on equipment. Once you learn to expose for the sun and can see that before taking the picture the possibilities are endless! So cliché. Then you just have to place the sun. Fun fact, the first picture I placed the sun at the man's groin... yeah. Did not think that one through. If you want to hide the sun, yet still expose for it, point your camera at the sun and half press the shutter button. If you are using a phone, compose the scene like you want and then 'focus' on the sun by tapping on the screen if you can. Don't worry about the focus of your subject as exposing for the sun usually makes the camera choose a smaller which makes most of the scene in focus anyways.
