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Canon 5D Mark II - Canon EF 17-40 F:4 L USM

Stacked ND8 and ND4 Graduated Neutral Grey filter (Cokin)

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Hi guyz, I'm just joined this forum.
This is my first post.
I'm sharing some of my shots. Sorry if it is not the best.

This is my favorite I have taken so far.

wow guys tons of great shots in here. Im going out west to take some sunset shots over the everglades tonight. You guys have any advice? long exposures? weather.com says sunset at 6:29 so i should get there about 6 to set up

FSUnoles wrote in post #9753394
wow guys tons of great shots in here. Im going out west to take some sunset shots over the everglades tonight. You guys have any advice? long exposures? weather.com says sunset at 6:29 so i should get there about 6 to set up

Don't aim directly at the sun. Don't know what other people do, but, I typically set my camera in AV mode, ISO 400, exposure compensation of -1/3 stop, If the sun is higher and brighter I might use -2/3 stops. If I have my tripod with me I'll reduce the ISO to 200.

Merced NWR:

tkerr wrote in post #9753830
Don't aim directly at the sun. Don't know what other people do, but, I typically set my camera in AV mode, ISO 400, exposure compensation of -1/3 stop, If the sun is higher and brighter I might use -2/3 stops. If I have my tripod with me I'll reduce the ISO to 200.

thanks, yea im going a bit earlier to get the hang of it. also im using my tripod so ill set my iso lower. do you shoot with a high f stop. i would imagine what like 16 or so
google earth gives me a good idea of what it will look like

Hikin Mike wrote in post #9753986
Merced NWR:

Wow! Both of those are amazing! I really like #2

Hikin Mike wrote in post #9753986
Merced NWR:

Sweet long exposures..

kylyo wrote in post #9754265
Wow! Both of those are amazing! I really like #2

Thanks, I just printed this on metallic paper @ 16 x 24.

FSUnoles wrote in post #9754225
thanks, yea im going a bit earlier to get the hang of it. also im using my tripod so ill set my iso lower. do you shoot with a high f stop. i would imagine what like 16 or so
google earth gives me a good idea of what it will look like

Always use a tripod and I set ISO to 100 and always use manual. I usually use f/11 and set the aperture to see shadows and highlights. I've been known to bracket my shots and blend them using Layer Masks in Photoshop.

Hikin Mike wrote in post #9755041
Thanks, I just printed this on metallic paper @ 16 x 24.

I'm curious as I've never used metallic paper, what affect does it have on the image? Do you have a picture of an example? Thanks.

ill have to go back out when the weather is better. But it was a lot of fun just sitting out there by myself

Been an awesome winter for sunsets here in New England.

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