Bradstock Cliffs Sunset
Sunset over the cliffs at Burton Bradstock in Dorset, just about my favourite place in the world
Sunset over the cliffs at Burton Bradstock in Dorset, just about my favourite place in the world
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Feb, 2016Views
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Location
Photo taken on top of Burton Bradstock cliffs above Chesil beach in Dorset looking towards Lyme Regis on England's Jurassic coast.Time
Taken late evening at sunsetLighting
Natural lightingEquipment
Canon EOS 60D, Canon 10-18mm USM zoom. Manfrotto advanced tripodInspiration
It was just one of those moments you had to captureEditing
I like to keep shots as close to as taken as possible, but this has had a touch of dehaze and tweaks to highlight and contrast to bring back some the details in the brighter cloud. Shadow has also been adjusted to bring back the ground details.In my camera bag
I don't always carry a bag for walks like this. Usually it's a case of camera 24-105mm zoom and maybe a lightweight tripod with a wide angle lens stuffed in a pocket.Feedback
The difficulty with sunsets is handling the dynamic range. At times you can get away with leaving the foreground in silhouette at others like this you either need to go for HDR exposures. This is a single frame, exposed for the sky with adjustments to shadow to brighten the foreground. Some brighter / overexposed cloud close to the Sun has had highlight turned down.
