sunset over the wreck
A spectacular sunset taken at Ardrossan North shore in North Ayrshire Scotland. The old wooden wreck is a well photographed location around here and i was takin...
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A spectacular sunset taken at Ardrossan North shore in North Ayrshire Scotland. The old wooden wreck is a well photographed location around here and i was taking a time lapse of the sun setting. This is one of the 401 images taken for the time lapse that I have cropped and tweaked to bring out what i actually saw. the camera was a Canon 60Dwith a Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 lens with a 2 stop neutral density filter on it.
If you want to see the actual time lapse it is here: https:--youtu.be-diUqAgeXivk
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If you want to see the actual time lapse it is here: https:--youtu.be-diUqAgeXivk
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Location
The photograph was taken at the shore between Ardrossan and Seamill, the Island to the left is the Isle of Arran which sits in the middle of the firth of Clyde. The land to the right is the little Cumbrae another small island on the west coast of Scotland. As for myself I have a HND (higher national diploma) in photography and digital imaging.Time
This was taken between 8.20pm and 9pm as I saw from my house the sun was giving a possible great sunset, I grabbed my camera and drove to the wreck (foreground of the image) a well known spot for some great photographs. The actual idea was to do a static time-lapse which I did actually do and it is not to bad in my opinion.Lighting
I knew from previous shots and times that when there is a little cloud and the sun is setting it can pop out with some bright oranges, reds, pinks and even purples in the right circumstances and atmospheric conditions. So to stop lens flare I added a 2 stop ND filter to the front of the camera when taking this shot. Then just waited for the sun to set and the resulting POP of light that I knew happens as it reflects of the clouds and waited for the colours to reveal themselves.Equipment
The equipment I used was a Canon 60D digital SLR that I have Magic Lantern installed on for when i take time-lapses shots, with a Tokina 11-16mm F2.8 wide angle lens. The image was 2.5 seconds exposure atF14 and 13mmat an ISO of100. The tripod was a Gorilla pod focus the type made popular by Casey Niestat in his vlogs. With a no name brand 2 stop ND filter that I bought from ebay for like £20. The card was a Lexar professional 64gb SD card with a write read speed of 150MB/s. What you do not see in the shot as I cropped them out is my 2 smaller cameras that were set up for different time-lapse angles.Inspiration
I can be very lax and lazy at times when I see a sunset and only afterwords I think maybe I should have shot that. What inspired me to take this shot was the fact I had spoken to a friend about time-lapse photos and he wanted to see how I did them this seemed the perfect opportunity. Add to that some of the great images I have seen on viewbug.com since joining I wanted to put my knowledge into action and show my friend the way a time-lapse is captured and works.Editing
As I stated above in post production I cropped the image a little to remove the 2 cameras from the foreground, I also used Google's NIK filter collection in lightroom and used the HDR filter and pushed the colours a little to make it pop as I saw it and not how the camera saw it with the ND on the front of the lens as it muted it a little bit. As you can also see I have an export preset in lightroom to add my copyright on all my images.In my camera bag
Normally in my bag is my Canon 60D and my Canon 600D digital SLR cameras. Lens wise I have a Tokina 11-16mm F2-8 wide angle lens, a canon 50mm EF F1.8 "nifty 50", a Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro lens, Canon 75-300mm F4-5.6 zoom lens, a Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 zoom lens and the standard 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 kit lens that came with my 600D. As well as filters spare batteries, spare cards, a no brand intervalometer that fits both cameras and a WD my passport external hard drive to back up images on the go if I fill up cards to much. To top off the list I normally have a Giottos GT8223 carbon fibre tripod strapped to the outside of the camera bag.Feedback
Advice for others who wish to capture stunning sunsets? Good question, honestly I would say know when the sunsets in your area google it and you get the right time, be at your spot at least 30mins before and 30 mins after sunset. As you see the sun had actually set when I took this shot and knowing that the rays would reflect off the clouds I waited to see what colours would be shown in the reflection. Patience is the key to getting any shot and i'd say when it comes to sunsets always hold out for the last of the light and you should be rewarded.
