Every landscape photographer loves a good sunset and most will forgo food and sleep to find the best vantage to capture the perfect light. Sunsets as fickle creatures. Bold and brilliant one moment and dull and lifeless the next.
Sunset Over Smithville, Texas
Copyright © 2010 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 200mm, f/16 for 0.8 seconds at ISO 100 using only a circular polarizer filter. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta 2. Click on the image above for a larger version.
I have photographed hundreds of sunsets and never come back 100% satisfied. I suppose that’s exactly what the Lord had in mind when he gave us so many to witness and capture!
Fire in the Sky – Smithville, Texas
Copyright © 2010 Jeff Lynch Photography
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture priority (Av) using an EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 144mm, f/16 for 0.6 seconds at ISO 100 using a Singh-Ray warming polarizer and 4-stop graduated neutral density filter. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta 2. Click on the image above for a larger version.
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Great sunset shots. Sunsets are some of my favorites to use as backdrops. There is a real art to shooting them. Great blog.
You’re sure right about that, Jeff! I’m looking forward to seeing sunsets again: shouldn’t be long now. I really like your first photo especially!
Nice work! Good luck to you.