helenparker

Beautiful sunset over Swansea Marina.

Swansea, GB

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Jan, 2020

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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken during a walk around the Marina in Swansea South Wales, UK.

Time

Taken at sunset It was an amazing sight with the sky so red. It stayed for quite long time too.

Lighting

No special lighting used. It was amazing lighting anyway with even water glowing. All natural light.

Equipment

Camera Canon 600D Hand held. Taken with kit lens 18-55 Although only a kit lens I find this gives me some great shots, and is very often underestimated.

Inspiration

The time of day and the wow factor of that sunset. It was quite a sight and was begging to be photographed.

Editing

Cropped and straightened.

In my camera bag

Canon 600D 10-18 lens 50mm lens 18-55 lens 70-300 lens Tripod or Monopod Flash gun Torch

Feedback

close Everyone can enjoy and appreciate a beautiful sunset. And admit it, regardless of how cliche it may be, sunset photography is tons of fun. Having the ability to capture the last rays of the day and amazing golden light bathing the landscape is very satisfying. A couple years ago, I decided that I was going to capture an image of the sunset every day for the entire year. It was an unrealistic goal and I knew that going in. For starters, I didn't decide this until February, so I had already missed a month. Secondly, considering all the cloudy and gray overcast days that we have where I live, many days the sun isn't even visible. Finally, even if the weather does cooperate, sometimes a nice sunset just doesn't develop. By the end of the year, I had photos for about one-third of the days, and I was fine with that. There were a total of over 5,000 images captured in the process. Most were right in my backyard. Some were even good enough to share (at least I thought so…some of my Instagram followers may say otherwise). I learned a few things over the course of my sunset project. Shooting regularly tends to do that. Perhaps most important was how to utilize the gear that I have to capture the sunset image that I want. Trying many different compositions and experimenting with camera settings and techniques helped me to figure out what works well and what doesn't. I'll share some of those things in this article. The camera settings that Improve Photography recommends for a beginning photographer are: Best to shoot in Aperture Priority. F16, ISO 100 Although this was hand held it is better to shoot with tripod if you can. Wait until the sun is just about to dip below the horizon, and when sky is at reddest, and then press the shutter.

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Beautiful sunset over Swansea Marina.

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