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Sunset Stroll

Walking along the river path at Ft. Smith, AR. The river is the Arkansas River.

Walking along the river path at Ft. Smith, AR. The river is the Arkansas River.
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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 800 Shutter 10/5000 Focal Length 3660/100

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Fort Smith, Arkansas, US

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Sep, 2020

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Behind The Lens

Location

After a day a driving, I stopped for the night in Ft. Smith, AR. I found a great park sitting right on the Arkansas River. As the sun was setting, I made sure I was in the park to capture not only the sunset, but the beauty of this park at the end of the day. For this shot, I was up on a hill overlooking the river. I saw the walker coming and waiting for the moment to capture this silhouette.

Time

Sunset - end of the day. This is a great time to shoot when there is water nearby.

Lighting

I love back-lit shots. Sunsets offer the opportunity to share shapes and textures without converting to black-and-white. In other words, it's black-and-white in a color world. But the color will often offer an extra punch that black-and-while will not.

Equipment

I shoot with a Fuji EX-2 with an 18-135mm zoom. EXIF data tells me that this was shot at a 37mm, 1/500th, f/5.6, ISO 800.

Inspiration

The back-lighting with the reflection of the sun upon the river.

Editing

Absolutely. Back-lit photos usually require some adjustment of the exposure and levels. In this instance, I believe I pulled the exposure down by about 1/2 stop to enrich the colors and insure that the trees were solid black.

In my camera bag

I carry my Fuji EX-2 and primarily use my 18-135mm zoom. However, I also carry a 12mm Samyang for those ultra wide shots. In a throw back, I have a Nikor 50mm f/1.4 from the mid sixties with a Fuji to Nikon adapter. I use this primarily for close-up (almost macro) shots.

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Sunset Stroll

Walking along the river path at Ft. Smith, AR. The river is the Arkansas River.

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