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Post by paulevans on Jun 27, 2006 5:09:26 GMT
So yesterday's sunrise came under astronomy and this morning's comes under atmospherics. That's not me being inconsistent so much as a reflection of the differences in the two sunrises. Two shots here - Pillar and Pillar with Dog....... Clear skies, Paul.
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Post by Veronica on Jun 27, 2006 8:14:22 GMT
Glorious and beautifully captured, Mr Early Bird!
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Post by Veronica on Jun 27, 2006 8:16:37 GMT
PS Out of sheer curiosity, are the colours in the first shot the colours that were there in real life, if you know what I mean? Did you have use any special equipment/settings? I'd love to be able to capture the sunrise like that!
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Post by Martin Mc kenna on Jun 27, 2006 11:59:10 GMT
Absolutely stunning Paul as always!!
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Post by paulevans on Jun 27, 2006 17:44:04 GMT
Hi Veronica,
The answer is that the first picture is underexposed - I am in the habit of keeping my camera set to -0.7 stop exposure. The reason is that a digital camera behaves like slide film - it is very easy to lose detail in the highlights so it must not be overexposed - the opposite of print film where within reason it is virtually impossible to overexpose it.
A side effect of this is that colour saturation increases - you can think of it as having the same amount of colour but less white but detail is held in the highlights.
So actually the colours are exaggerated but they look better! The second picture shows the opposite - in order to record the sundog the exposure is necessarily higher as a result of which the main pillar is burnt out and lifeless.
HTH,
Paul.
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Post by johnmc on Jun 27, 2006 20:51:17 GMT
Lovely images Paul! I'm afraid my pillar was nothing so dramitic.
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Post by rjcobain on Jun 27, 2006 21:04:57 GMT
Hey nice shooting tip Paul, I'm going to try that!
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Post by Veronica on Jun 28, 2006 8:37:43 GMT
Thanks for the explanation, Paul. It was certainly useful! I don't think I can adjust my digital camera exposures the way you can - it seems to be what I call a "tourist" camera - it has pre-set modes for a number of situations eg snow, beach etc. It's just a matter of me messing about with these settings I suppose!
In any case, your tip has explained how you got those wonderful colours so I look forward to a lovely red sunrise/set! Thankyou!
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Post by Conor on Jun 30, 2006 18:20:00 GMT
Thats a cracker Paul !
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