Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2006-03-02 08:04.
Aloha, I just bought myself a Nikon D70 and am going to Hawaii in two weeks to test the waters. I absolutely love your photos of Hawaiian sunsets, is there any particular tricks to capture images of such beauty with the new digital SLR's. I would love at least one of my own to turn out close to what you have, you're an inspiration.
Thanks or should I say Mahalo
Actually there is not much you can screw up on a shot like this. If you are anxious, use exposure bracketing (-1,0,1), put the Camera on a Tripod and use aperture priority Mode (so you can combine the shots if necessary). I never found that I needed to do this. A tripod is very usefull and a cable-remote control (so you won't have to touch the camera while shooting). Since you are shooting a bright sky anyways, you may not even need a tripod. I recommend shooting RAW images and getting acquainted with the RAW workflow. When you shoot RAW you will retain the full dynamic range of your sensor and you have the benefit of being able to change white balance later on. Since Automatic White balance may not work for Sunsets, as the Camera is looking for a neutral grey. As I mentioned, Sunset shots are among the easiest. If you have a long lens use it, to make the Sun Disc appear large. Don't judge exposure by how the image looks like on the screen, use the histrograms for that purpose (LCD can be set too bright or too dim). Two really amazing books that teach a lot about photography (not so much about cameras though) are these: Photography Outdoors and Digital Photography Outdoors The first one is better though, reading them is a pleasure and the photos in there are amazing.
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2007-04-27 01:27.
i luved them too ive been there 9 times and im only 12 its awsome in maui i want to move there and go to school there i even know the language and im all american oh i soooo want to move there even if i have to leave all of my friends
aloha
photography
Sunsets
If you are anxious, use exposure bracketing (-1,0,1), put the Camera on a Tripod and use aperture priority Mode (so you can combine the shots if necessary). I never found that I needed to do this.
A tripod is very usefull and a cable-remote control (so you won't have to touch the camera while shooting). Since you are shooting a bright sky anyways, you may not even need a tripod. I recommend shooting RAW images and getting acquainted with the RAW workflow. When you shoot RAW you will retain the full dynamic range of your sensor and you have the benefit of being able to change white balance later on. Since Automatic White balance may not work for Sunsets, as the Camera is looking for a neutral grey. As I mentioned, Sunset shots are among the easiest. If you have a long lens use it, to make the Sun Disc appear large. Don't judge exposure by how the image looks like on the screen, use the histrograms for that purpose (LCD can be set too bright or too dim).
Two really amazing books that teach a lot about photography (not so much about cameras though) are these:
Photography Outdoors
The first one is better though, reading them is a pleasure and the photos in there are amazing.
Thanks for your kind words!
Andre
Hawaii vacation last year
Just refreshing my memories and your pics captured them all - great!!
i luved them too ive been
i luved them too ive been there 9 times and im only 12 its awsome in maui i want to move there and go to school there i even know the language and im all american oh i soooo want to move there even if i have to leave all of my friends
aloha
Great photos. I am going to
Great photos. I am going to rome in a few days and I want to take a ton of pictures, hopefully mine will turn out as good as yours.
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