Sunset Lake
Sunset Lake
I'm happy to finally be staying at a place with some options for a nice sunset view! I'm starting to experiment with HDR now that I have a tripod as well. I felt that really helped me bring out the details in the highlights while preserving the nice colors from the night side of things.
Still not sure on the best bracketing to try but I've been liking the look of 0.3 increments in groups of 9. I want to try that with some focus stacking as well at some point...but I think the clouds would have to be pretty still for that!
Really well done. What camera did you use for this?
Thanks! Sony a7iv was used to shoot. The lens I'm rolling with for everything is the Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM. Once I knew this hobby wasn't a phase, I chose to go with one quality fast prime to hone my composition and settings with. Barring the occasional shot I can't get due to a lack of zoom, I really love what this combo has been doing for me!
For processing with HDR, I now find myself going to Luminar for the initial merge and then splitting contrast for shadows / mids / highlights there. Then I take everything else to Lightroom.