How To Photograph A Sunset
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Join me as I demonstrate how to photograph a sunset when the sun is very intense with no cloud cover to soften down the light.
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Hello everybody, I'm really sorry to have to share this with you all, especially when you are so kind as to leave lots of comments. But I'm afraid I'm simply getting to the point where it's becoming impossible to answer all of them every single time. I can assure you I read every single comment, and, of course, I will still do my very best to answer as many as I possibly can. But I'm afraid I am now getting so many people tuning into my channel that it's starting to take longer to answer the comments than it does to create the videos! And I really don't want my output to have to suffer as a result, if at all possible. I do love to hear from every single one of you; it really makes all the effort that the channel takes totally worthwhile. So please do continue to get in touch, and I will always do my best to answer as many as I possibly can. Thank you all for your generous support! 😊👍
So a book signing is out of the question then? :-) lol
Hahahah
I think we'd all be quite chuffed with just a heart emoji, David. Or....... nothing... We all simply love your work. Cheers from Canada.
@@janm2473 Thanks a lot Jann 😊👍
David, it’s just great to watch mate, learning so much.
Beautiful image . Yes would love to see post processing
Great video. A gorgeous image in the end. It would be good enough for my wall. I would love to see some of your post processing. I always like to see how other people create images.
Lovely final image, I too would appreciate a vid on post process, but go slowly, some of us are new to this blending business :)
Thanks for the video! Post process tutorial would be awesome
Very useful info David, thank you for sharing. Love the final image. Please show a blending vlog.
A superb image David. I too would like to how you post processed it.
Enjoyed the vlog thanks David...lovely image at the end 👍....I,m relatively new to lightroom and photoshop, so would really appreciate how to blend images together.
Yes please Maestro,PP vid please.
Great video, and a lovely image! Yes, a video on exposure blending would be great.....please. Thanks, Dave.
Thanks for another enjoyable video. Speaking personally I'd find a video about exposure blending really useful as I'm new to photography and am still getting to grips with everything. So much to learn!
Lovely final image as always David loved the grasses ! How many images did you use to blend the image you put up? I too would like to see how you blend in post.
Hi Carl, I think it was actually only two images in the end as far as I can recall. But when I come to do the post processing video that should clarify matters for you. Many thanks for watching and taking the time to leave a comment - By the way, I'm a real sucker for backlit grasses!! 😊👍
Hi Dave, another cracking video. I agree, that sort of photography where you are looking for one image, get your composition set up early then just relax and click to get the best light is very relaxing and enjoyable. Well done. Cheers, Ian
A great teacher David, Pity about the light but its the getting out that counts :-)
Beautiful photo. I also would love to see your processing, Thanks David.
Great - please do add a post processing video. Very enjoyable and useful! Thanks.
Nice image under challenging conditions. Post processing video, yes please.
Definitely would like to see the processing side of it.
Sorry my post prompted you to into tutorial mode, I only intended for you to include this aspect in a post processing email. But I really do appreciate your detailed response and understand that you really can't reply to everyone and have a life as well.
Beautiful. Yes please show the blending in post. Thank you
Great video and final image. Yes please to the offer of seeing your post-processing to merge the exposures.
very well done tutorial, thank you! I would also be very interested to see the post processing
No, not a post processing email, but a TH-cam vide
Great information, Thanks.
All the best.........Peter.
Beautiful final image. Thanks for sharing
Yes would love to see the post processing
What a lovely picture! So much better than I thought it would be, from what you said in the video 🙂
I think we all would like to see the post prosessing of it.
Hello Gier, I'll have to be honest and say I was reasonably confident that I would have something to show for it But hopefully it's slightly more entertaining to create a little tension as to "Will he be able to pull it off?" 😊👍
great walkthrough mate! such a hard shot to compose i would say and as always you dealt with it very well.
Cheers mate. Wouldn't have been my first choice for a shoot, but it was short notice and I've been really busy with work lately :(
As everyone has said, the final image was the end result that you planned, it came over very good indeed...thank you...
You're too humble. Beautiful image. Another vote here for a post processing video.Thanks in advance.
Thank you so much for watching James, and I will be following up with a post processing video shortly 😊👍🏻
Hi David.
Thanks for this Vlog! Since I try to do my first exposure blendíngs, I really love to see how you did it for this picture in detail. So maybe I can get some more sophisticated technics than the ones I already know!
Cheers,
Markus
Hi Markus, not sure I can do it in full detail - it would be a VERY long video, but I'll certainly be covering the principles 😊👍
I love it! Just stunning!
A much better result than I imagined from what you kept saying! It has a lovely feeling of warmth and late summer. By the way, many cameras now do automatic bracketing, making it much easier to obtain those sequences at different exposures - saves fiddling with the camera too.
Hello Neil, yes of course you are absolutely spot on that many cameras offer bracketing and in fact I made this very point in a reply to another comment a little earlier. However a lot of my viewers have rather basic equipment and if the bracketing system only allows for three exposures with a limited range of stops up and down (eg Nikon APS-C cameras) they may not get what they need especially in a situation like this where the light is changing so rapidly and is such a high dynamic range. That's why I was specific about taking the shots yourself, plus of course I'm always keen to encourage people to use manual settings and therefore dialling in different shutter speeds gives people an opportunity to gain more experience in how their results turn out 😊👍
A belated thanks for the video David, a very pleasing image. I look forward to watching the post processing video. Thanks again.
Hi Bryan - Please don't worry about being belated, I appreciate your support and I'm really glad you enjoyed the video. I will definitely be doing the follow-up as soon as I can find a time to get myself organised! 😊👍
Your final image is quite beautiful! Please do share the post processing. Very interesting video. I'm still learning how to do this. I discovered your videos a few months ago, and I am finding them valuable. Besides, it's fun to see a part of the world that is new to me.
Hello Kathleen, thank you so much for tuning in and especially taking the time to get in touch with your very generous feedback, I really appreciate it. And I'm so glad that you're enjoying my videos. I've had a really good response to this particular one and I do intend to do a demonstration video to show how I blend the exposures. Hopefully this will be out at some point in the next week or so 😊👍
Hello Griff,
I love your blogs and straight forward explanations you give. The sunset looked very effective. thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot, David much appreciated 😊👍
Enjoyed your video, I have been trying HDR blending and it would be great to see how you approach this, also some more on how you ensure having the range of exposures for smooth results.
Hi Brian - I realise when I was editing the video that I wasn't very clear about what I was doing to get a range of exposures. What I was up to was shooting manually and keeping the same ISO and Aperture and then just taking a few exposures across a range of shutter speeds. So looking at the metering from about 2 stops under to 2 stops over. You could achieve the same thing of course with Aperture Priority and adjusting the exposure compensation. Or simply bracketing if your camera allows a a5 image bracket. (3 may not be enough). I'll be looking to get a processing video out as soon as I can. 😊👍
Great image I also would love to see your processing. Keep up the fantastic vlogs I really enjoy them.
Thank you so much for watching and getting in touch, Steve. My channel is quite a commitment, but it's made really worthwhile when people take the time let me know they're enjoying it. Many thanks 😊👍
Excellent video and I think the final photograph is very good. Another technique for me to learn.
Hi David, thank you ever so much for watching and taking the time to leave a comment. I really appreciate your support. 😊👍
A bit of practice and sharing tips with us , well said and thanks for sharing, 👍👍 don't think you need to practice😁😁
Ah well Brian - I guess it's same with anything, you keep at it and try to improve every time and it's also a bit of an excuse to get out and hang around in nice locations! 😊👍
The backlight on the grasses was great. Good video, nice to see you back on home turf.
Thanks a lot Alan - I do like back-lit vegetation on a sunrise or sunset. 😊👍
Yes please. Would love to learn how to blend exposures. BTW, you are an excellent presenter.
Many thanks Richard, that's a very kind of you to say 😊👍
Great Video...I really liked the image 😄 Never been to Anglesey, May have to make a trip 👍🏻
Let me know if you do, I’d love to pop along and say Hello 😊👍🏻
Yes, only one image but: what image! precious.
Thanks a lot Manuel, much appreciated 😊👍
Landscape photography master at work!
Too kind 😊👍
Post processing video would be appreciated
Hello Richard, this one was made quite a while ago and I did follow it up with a post-processing video on number 119 😊👍
Very informative vlog i like how you explain your set up step by step , and the resulting image was worth the time and effort
good to you again and also that teaching people new skills
Thanks Harry 😊👍
Another excellent image. I too would love to see how you blend the exposures. I'd also be interested to know what you do with all these images you take, do you display them or just browse them on a screen from time to time? I'm just starting out and I'm wondering what I could do with mine (Rhosneigr based BTW)
Hi Colin - aren't we lucky to have so many great photo locations on our doorstep?! I took a workshop group to Cable Bay at the weekend and they loved it - of course! Now with regards to my images, some get printed and hung, some get entered into competition, some get printed or the rights sold for commercial use, and of course some just create memories. A lot of photographers are quite surprised when I tell them how many I actually end up throwing away because I only keep about 200 images a year, they really do have to meet quite stringent quality control for me to even store them on a hard drive! 😊👍
@@DGriffGallery Thanks David, maybe a subject for a future video sometime? Photo's to me are strange things, many I see are stunning and thought provoking but I never feel I want to hang them on my wall, certainly not my own (yet) but the whole point of taking pictures is to remember the things I've seen and experienced. Hard drive storage, yes I'm with you on that too, more so hard drive organisation, I must admit now I've started to rekindle my interest in photography I'm beginning to see the potential minefield ahead of me with regards some form of indexing both within lightroom and for general access and viewing years from now. Anyway, thanks again for your reply and hopefully see you out and about sometime
Great exercise for "in the field" exposure blending. It'll be great to see your post processing method. Thanks for sharing Mate, 👍📸
I may have made a rod for my own back with this one mate - the post was eye-wateringly complicated and I'm not even sure I could recreate it exactly for a video. Certainly not to the quality of your excellent waterfall blend. Anyway I'll do my best, but it'll probably be more of a "summary of principles" rather than a detailed walk-through - as that would be a 2 hour epic!! 😊👍
@@DGriffGallery 🤣🤣, I know what you mean. I always feel that I rush it when vlogging it compared to then I do it for real. I think the summary is a good idea though as it gives the points/steps you did. Take care, 👍📸
Enjoyed that David have you ever shot this with the boat moored. Thanks for sharing much appreciated 💪
Love the final image David and tips also. Would enjoy watching the blend process and love to hear your take on your process vs. multiple exposure brackets.
stunning image
Thanks Pauline 😊👍
Certainly “worthwhile” David, you pulled a nice image out of that sunset. Must agree I much prefer hiding something rather than removing it in post. Hope Sunday went well, the weather certainly picked up here after lunch.
Great to meet you Brian - wish we could have had longer, maybe when you get back from your trip we could have a hike out somewhere? Sunday was horrible for about the first 2 hours, so we just kept walking - much higher than I'd planned. So we were right up at the workings near Cwm Llan when the clouds started to break up and the light was suddenly epic. After that, the walk down with plenty of stops along the way was great - phew!! 😊👍
Thanks for sharing the tips. I’m going to give the exposure blending a try myself when I come across the appropriate scene.
Watching what you did on Toronto Island with the single composition and the waiting for the light to change got me to thinking that I have been in a number of similar situations and should have done the same thing rather than constantly changing compositions and hoping to get something. This video reinforces the “slow down and wait for it” thinking that I should be following.
Cheers.
Hey Mike, there is an argument of course that I'm simply being lazy! HAHAHA 😊👍
I'd love to see the post. I always learn something watching other people process photos. I was planning to ask anyway if you did HDR in Lightroom or actually did a blend in Photoshop. I am doing more and more in PS as my knowledge improves in the program.
Hi Philip - I haven't used LR HDR for ages - probably a couple of years. It's creates results that are a little too generic for my liking. Which is understandable of course, as it can only operate on a general algorithm. I blend layers in PS and take them back to LR for finishing 😊👍
Lake Griff....how cool is that! Some really useful tips there and a lovely image. That light catching the foreground makes the image pop
Thanks a lot Jamie, maybe we can grab an hour on the lake together when you're able to find a bit of time to visit for that mountain trip we talked about? 😊👍
D Griff Gallery For sure mate! You will definitely see me again before TPS, I just need to work out when 😊
Lovely, very helpful. Yes I'll pile on for the post processing request. Cheers.
Oh go on then - I'll see what I can do 😊👍
Your right, missed some amazing sunrises and sunsets the past two weeks. So good to see you grabbed one at the old Lake. As always, packed with info and some superb shots! 😊👍 looking well and good to see you back wom 😂
Hello me old mucker - what on earth are you up to these days? We need to arrange time together asap. Was thinking about you just yesterday when guiding a workshop up to Yr Aran - And it was as rainy as it was when we were up there only went on for about three hours!! 😊👍
D Griff Gallery hello my little chestnut 🌰 we do indeed need to make arrangements. I’ve been too busy and got 6 vlogs to put out but all had to sit on the bench until my website is finished. Happy to say I’m almost done! It’s been good to take myself away from vlogging for alittle while. Speak soon cocker, sithee
I enjoyed that one David, well done. Great image at the end too. Recently I've found myself bracketing most of my shots when using a tripod and 3 shot bursts when hand holding. I can't say it's improved my photography though lol :-)
Hahahaha well Alan - Someone made the point in one of the comments about me going out and practising, but to be honest there is absolutely no substitute for it. And in any case from what I've seen of your photography you're perfectly capable of creating some really nice artwork! 😊👍
@@DGriffGallery Thanks, specsavers, there must be one in Wales somewhere lol :-)
Hi, would love to see how you do post production of these sequence of shots. I have always been intrigued how to shoot sunsets when the lens is facing straight into the sun. Thank you