How to photograph a sunset / sunrise tips and picture taking advice

Posted on October 27, 2014 by ShutterBug

Some quick pointers on capturing the setting (And rising) sun with your digital camera. Any camera can produce good shots of the setting sun. Composition and…

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19 Responses to How to photograph a sunset / sunrise tips and picture taking advice

  1. freshgeeh1 says:
    October 27, 2014 at 1:07 am

    Wish I was a horse. I would whinnied, reared, and galloped into the sunset.
    Like a horse.

  2. owlpara says:
    October 27, 2014 at 1:39 am

    Do you have any tutorial on how to use manual controls for portrait photos
    using s90? I have one and need some guidance on how to go about using this.
    cheers!

  4. CanonLandscape says:
    October 27, 2014 at 2:29 am

    @lezzzzurable It all depends on what sort of effect you want. If you want
    the water to be almost misty then use a HOYA NDX400 filter (My opinion) and
    set your shutter speed to about 30+ seconds..ISO: around 200. If you want a
    burst effect on the sun use an aperture of around 20 and the light will
    fringe around the aperture blades and created a nice effect. But as I say
    you may want to capture the ripples of water.

  5. lezzzzurable says:
    October 27, 2014 at 3:19 am

    awesome! im using a canon 60d, can you tell me the best settings of shutter
    speed, aperture and iso.. thanks!

  6. LEXPIX says:
    October 27, 2014 at 4:11 am

    @Gforce19842009 Thanks. Nope, this camera doesn’t accept filters. Just
    natural colors of the sky.

  7. LEXPIX says:
    October 27, 2014 at 5:01 am

    @lezzzzurable No real best setting but here’s what I’d start with: Set ISO
    to 100 if hand holding the camera, set your camera to TV Shutter Priority
    mode and use 1/125 or higher and let the camera set the aperture. If using
    a tripod, use AV Aperture Priority mode and use F F7.1 or smaller and let
    the camera set the shutter for you.

  8. LEXPIX says:
    October 27, 2014 at 5:49 am

    @ZICKUP Sure was.

  9. LEXPIX says:
    October 27, 2014 at 6:42 am

    @AcornBurrka Same rules of composition apply as well as basic exposure no
    matter the camera used. I too am a Nikon shooter who switches off between
    the full frame sensor D700 and the newer crop sensor D7000. 🙂

  10. LEXPIX says:
    October 27, 2014 at 7:22 am

    @AndrewXAnarchy Thanks, just some cropping and resizing to fit the screen.

  11. Lubna Allawi says:
    October 27, 2014 at 7:30 am

    Can you tell me the best settings for D90?

  12. LEXPIX says:
    October 27, 2014 at 7:51 am

    Mostly with Canon DSLR with wide angle or 200mm telephoto for the larger
    shots of the sun and others with just a cameraphone.

  13. Gforce19842009 says:
    October 27, 2014 at 8:20 am

    Great job man. did you use any filter? thanks man.

  14. Areyouduckingserious says:
    October 27, 2014 at 8:49 am

    What kind of lens and camera are you using, these are beautiful pictures.

  15. ncs2000 says:
    October 27, 2014 at 9:26 am

    do u use neutral density/ graudated neutral density filter?

  16. Billy Smith says:
    October 27, 2014 at 9:41 am

    thanks you covered most of the bases.Settings,how to set up the picture ie
    tick tak toe.

  17. Areyouduckingserious says:
    October 27, 2014 at 9:44 am

    Thanks for the reply!

  18. Cory Warner says:
    October 27, 2014 at 10:18 am

    wow thats the fastest ive seen the sun go down

  19. Areyouduckingserious says:
    October 27, 2014 at 10:58 am

    Also, what is the model of that wide angle lens, it got some beautifullll
    pictures

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