Roaring Sunsets from the last few years: Part 1 Pic Heavy Nova!

[Chinook SSSF]

As you can imagine photographers often have huge catalogues of photos catagorized in relation to the type of shooter they are. My catalogues include "Northwest Fishing" "Skyscapes/sillhouettes" "Sunsets" "landscapes" along with some wildlife and of course Chrissy and our dogs. My archival catalogues consist of 35mm film, slide film and mass digital files of raws and jpegs. I never did much scanning because its boring and often results in poor qaulity digital conversions so My photos did not make it online per-say until I got into digital stuff around 2005. My last film camera was a Nikon N75 35mm. A super camera but my habitual need to over shoot everything I see [for the catalogue of course] caused my developing bill to skyrocket beyond my ability to afford developing the photos I mess up on, to get to the good one...

I clearly understand what digital has done to the 35mm scene in terms of user numbers converting to digi but the overall flexabilty in editing your own photos as well as saving on the costs of printing by seeing what you want to print first. Upload and print....makes this a no argue situation for me. If you work with digital media all day like I do its really the way to go. I admit I miss the challenge of working harder for my shots but now days when IM on the fly during a trip or something I know I can shoot what I want as fast and as many times as I need and not have to worry, until about shot #257 anyways......Then just pop in another chip!

This set comes from the Skyscapes/Sunsets catagory from my early digital years starting even with 2 old school 35mm film scans from my N75 days, before I was a digital man. I include the first 35mm scans to show the stunning comparable results of Agfa 100 [excuse the mess caused by scanner around the edges] and time exposures on tripod mounted 35mm Nikon, and maybe just a tad to show that I could actually shoot before digitals came around..:D..nudge nudge ...wink wink... or something :rolleyes:

Part 2 will have the newer digi sunset shots from my newest Nikon D80 digital from the last 2 years, some killer images in that bunch as well but It just felt fitting to step back a ways for the first post.

Enjoy :cool:

35mm scans shot on Agfa 100 with Nikon N75...wish I had a better scanner..
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Digital Photos starting from 2005, did not even know I had so many, could not possibly post them all :eek:

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Yes I love lens flair, I eat it for breakfast on a regular basis for strong healthy photos with a flair!

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Shooting in Gresham can prove to be a challenege even with digital when shooting to the sky since there are many power lines. I think at once point I had decided just to try my best to work with them and not around them. Several shots of this nature came out good to my amazment. Composition comes into play when trying to work with power lines. How can I play with the angles is the first thing that comes to mind when I see them. IM also using the sillhouette method on the for ground trees. I do this alot in town to block out different obstructions to the view.

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Sometimes its not the shot that is so stunning, it is the event itself that is so amazing.

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Pleasant to look at in mid winter, is this the Serengeti Desert?

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Shot over Gresham's old town roof tops.

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Stunning Pansey Basin/Bull of the Woods high mountain sunset.

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Columbia River, from Washington, looking Southwest. Man I love this shot! Pure fluid beauty in motion captured forever...

[worm slayer]

Did you use colored filters or are you able to get that color from extended exposures. But those are nice. Tracy and I took photo classes in high school and we enjoy seeing your work.

[Chinook SSSF]

worm slayer;4212]Did you use colored filters or are you able to get that color from extended exposures.

Thanks for the kind words Terry

Thats a very good question. Not to sound like a know it all here but I figured something out a while back while shooting sunsets. There is a trick to the dominating color. The idea here is that when you view a sunset event it does not usually cover the entire sky or can be way off nearer to the horizon. So with the use of a tripod you can use the shot timer and zoom closer in to the scene. There is a point as you zoom/move in that the sunset event bgins to fill the lens giving it that color dominating effect. I stop the zoom at that point an begin shooting. The color can be very strong at this point. On some of my "gold colored" shots I might use color filter but there is no need if you simply zoom in close enough to a sunset event. This does not allways work as some sunsets are just to far to be worth reaching out for but if the event is in close and blazing in a few small spots, thats the time to try this idea. You also may find so much light in the lens at that point from the sunset that time exposure may not be needed for the capture. This gives you a really great 3D feel to the photo as well creating lots of depth. If you look close at the photo set above you can see how some of the shots are zoomed in and some capture the whole scene. Reach out for your color if you need to.

[worm slayer]

Thanks for the advice. And as farm as I'm concerned when it comes to photography you are a know it all

[spactrukn]

Hmmm. very interesting. Those are very nice pics. I was thinking that you used a filter too. Nice trick. I just learned something. You sure do have a knack for getting a good scenic shot. Thank you for sharing.

[ryank]

Great shots, I especially like the sunset shot with the red sky that is amazing! Ryan