Y o u r Best Sunset Shot

you used to have a V1, didn't you? Were these taken with the V1?
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The seagull adds a lot. Great colours.
John Dunn

Still a few minutes before sunset... But a good one none the less!



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Jerry-

I got lucky the morning i took these shots. I was on my way to work and had the P-150 in my bag. it's an awesome compact camera providing great outdoor pics.

I still have the V1, its a classic. Lately, i'm using the new H5 and the P-150.

I'm trying to learn how to take better indoor low light photos with the new H5. I find the flash to be very powerful and my pics tend to be overexposed. I'm not sure if im using the proper settings. I use the "M" mode with a shuttter speed of 80+. with different flash settings.

I need a few tips on which settings to use for indoor low light pics without using the flash.

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This one is near Palos Verdes in L.A.



Larabee state park in Bellingham WA

Thanks, Bob!

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I liked the color in the clouds caused by the setting sun(the sunset itself was not all that spectacular) and I thought it would be more interesting if I included my neighbors house. So I took two exposures and blended them together on the computer...



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Here is one of my best.

Rafael NYC said:

Jerry-

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Rafael NYC said:

I need a few tips on which settings to use for indoor low light
pics without using the flash.

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I don't have a H5 (yet), but I understand it is very clean at ISO400. That's where I would start... set ISO at 400 (or even 800 and deal with any minor noise later). Use "A" mode with max aperture (2.8. I guess... it will stop down a bit more if you zoom at all). Whatever shutter speed results you pretty well have to live with. The IS should give you an edge in this situation, but if you can use a tripod or monopod or brace the camera somehow that would help. Also, use the viewfinder instead of the LCD to frame your shots if you're hand-holding. A camera braced against your face is much more stable then one held out in front of you.

You might want to look into some of the homemade diffusing and bouncing gadgets people have come up with to reduce the harshness of built-in flashes - like ping-pong balls cut and placed over the flash, a white handkerchief or diffusing paper of some kind, or white plastic with some holes in it that lets some might staight through and bounces some as well. There are threads here that outline these techniques. If you can't find them in a search, start a new thread with that question.

Of course, a bounced, external flash is also pretty good. I know you can't put one on the H5, but you can always use your V1 ;-) Or... you can use your H5 flash to trigger another external flash as a slave flash with the proper setup...

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Sony V1 - Still learning...

'The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.'
-- Dorothea Lange

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...dry-reaching for 36 hours; then I log on and find all these incredible sunset shots (and one or two sunrises). Over 70 of them!

They've certainly brightened up my day! Thanks a milliion guys for your responses.

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Mesh
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5% lighting, 5% composition. 90% location. Get there.

...that fishing boat and wharf shot, with the sun's reflection in the water and the tree framing to the right, is really spectacular. Worth framing, in my opinion.

Cheers

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Mesh
Australia
828, G5
5% lighting, 5% composition. 90% location. Get there.

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Mesh
Australia
828, G5
5% lighting, 5% composition. 90% location. Get there.

...the rays of light in the fifth one down really set off a great capture IMO.

The last few with the tightly bound clouds are hard to come across. I'm glad you were there on location!

Fantastic shots.

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Mesh
Australia
828, G5
5% lighting, 5% composition. 90% location. Get there.

...it's truly inspiring to see a great sunset captured well. But to see it in a pano - not something we can all do (or indeed have the patience to learn) -it can be jaw-dropping. In my opinion, your shot here is just that.

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Mesh
Australia
828, G5
5% lighting, 5% composition. 90% location. Get there.

lighting, Dan.

I'd love to visit that part of the world one day.

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Mesh
Australia
828, G5
5% lighting, 5% composition. 90% location. Get there.

from my balcony, as the sun set over the Kerama Islands 3 days ago



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