[mr jones]

make the decision to go out shooting atleast an hour before sunset, giving yourself plenty of time to pack your stuff, drive down there, get out of your car and find a spot, setup your tripod and take some shots


dont...
make the decision to go shooting 10minutes before sunset, grab your camera and tripod, finish brew, drive like a madman down country lanes to the beach, jump out of your car, and start shooting............ for 1 minute before the sun disappears, and your trip is wasted!


tomorrow i shall set off earlier and get something im proud off! there were 3 other people shooting at the same point on the same beach when i got there!


jamie

best attempt in the 1 minute i had...
badly framed, not as rich and exciting as id have liked, boring foreground subject

[Jazz Monkey Jr]

I was looking at the sunset tonight whilst driving to work down the A6, it looked beautiful, did you shoot in RAW?

[mr jones]

that was taken at cross canonby beach, cumbria, whihc is 5 mins down the road from me

yep shot in raw, i use raw for everything but motorsports where the conditions are exactly the same for long periods

[richard plumb]

where did you meter from? looks like it metered for the sun causing the foreground to be dark.

You're lucky to have somewhere nearby with a view like that.

[geofftelforduk]

Mr Jones! That is a fantastic shot!!! I love sunrises but dont really get much of an opportunity to shoot them!!!

Nice one mate!!

[barongreenback]

I really like that shot - colours are fantastic. For a few pointers try this thread tips please?

[mr jones]

here goes!

[stevegreen]

Originally Posted by mr jones

here goes!

Good luck!

I liked the first attempt, despite it being rushed........this next one should be good

[Jazz Monkey Jr]

Originally Posted by geofftelforduk

Mr Jones! That is a fantastic shot!!! I love sunrises

What about sunsets...

[bowenjones]

Originally Posted by mr jones

here goes!

The excitement is unbearable

[mr jones]

dont anyone get over excited, dont wee on the carpet!!!!


no the most spectacular sunset in the world, infact not spectacular at all, too much cloud cover over scotland and a bit of haze


so i fecked around on the beach for about an hour, got sand everywhere and got quite cold





and took a few pictures

will post some more as i do 'em

[stevegreen]

Beautiful image Jamie

[Mr Cat]

here's a few oldish ones...

[mr jones]

taken after sunset, handheld


(sort of M.O.R **** a band like embrace would have as a CD cover...)

[richard plumb]

I like that one, very nice.

Natural colour, or spruced up a bit?

[mr jones]

converted to mono and abused using the colour balance function in tattyshop

[imcarm]

Was out and about tonight and took some shots using my new Samsung Pro815 in scene mode

Copped and resized in PSE4.

[mr jones]

i like, although possibly move a little closer or use a dab of zoom to bringe the shapes on the horizon more into the picture, spot on though :D

[imcarm]

Thanks for the advice mate, this one was zoomed in a tad bit further

Uses PSE4 again just to resize the image, the lens flare was captured when I took the shot.

[M-C-P-M]

Took this about a month back I saw that the sky was turning quite golden, and I was going up to my old golf course just one last time before it shut up shop for good, and caught some marvelous (well i think so) sunset shots this is one of them.

[imcarm]

Lovely shot the_caretaker the silhouette of the tree is stunning

[mr jones]

some more

and one of me just cuz i can!

[imcarm]

amazing shots mr jones, did you use any post processing on the shot with yourself in the frame?

[mr jones]

yip, slight levels and curves tweak and then ran it through the FMvelvia vision photoshop plugin

[craigizmo2k2]

Love these two shots:

[craigizmo2k2]

And..

[Paulie-W]

I hope it`s ok for anyone to post a sunset

I took this one from the Holiday Inn at Disney Paris in May. Just after a storm.