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Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Shutter Speed:30/1 second
Aperture:F/9.0
Focal Length:28 mm
ISO Speed:200
Date Taken:Feb 12, 2011, 5:04:10 PM
Software:Adobe Photoshop CS5 Macintosh
Sensor Size:5mm

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West Bay Sunsetby ~cuffbertt

Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Weather and Sky

After the crappy sunset taken on Friday night -->[link]<-- I returned the next day to West Bay to try and get a photo of the sunset, which I think I am quite happy with

30 secs, f/9, ISO 200, 28mm

Canon EOS 5D MKII
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Cokin P121 ND8 grad filter

© Copyright Carl Hall 2011

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~quixzan Jul 27, 2011

I like this shot a lot. Especially with how it looks as if the incoming tide has turned to fog. Did you end having to use a tripod due to the low light?

~cuffbertt Aug 10, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Thank you

Yeah it was a 30 second exposure so a decent tripod was essential!

~quixzan Aug 10, 2011

Thanks for the reply, can I ask another question that might seem basic to you but not to me. I have been using an old camera thats basically older than me and I love it alot as I inherited it, but I recently switched to a digital Nikon D80 and am wondering how do you know when to use a filter and which filters to use? Sorry hope you dont mind my asking you, but you mention using filters on a lot of your photos. Thanks in advance ^^

~cuffbertt Aug 17, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Hey yeah no problem

Basically I use a graduated Neutral Density filter (ND filter) whenever theres a large difference in brightness between the ground and the sky (often at sunrise and sunset). Without these filters the sky would appear very bright or the ground would be very dark; an ND grad filter is used by lining the dark section of the filter up with the horizon, so that it darkens the sky enough so that the ground and sky are both correctly exposed. These filters are measured in stops, 1, 2 and 3 stops are the most common, depending on how much you need to darken the sky (2 stops is probably the best one to get to start with)

I use a set of Lee hard grad ND filters, but Cokin do a range of ND filters that are good, but cost a fraction of the price.

Hope that helps

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