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Shooting the M6 Mark II into a sunrise

Started Mar 8, 2021 | Photos thread
Larry Rexley Senior Member • Posts: 1,238
Re: Shooting the M6 Mark II into a sunrise
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davecheng wrote:

Larry Rexley wrote:

Very nice image. The M6 II does have a great dynamic range. I think your shot was helped by the Sun shining through some clouds and haze which diminished its brightness to the point where you could capture its disk. Also the shaded side of the buildings look to have had some skylight and perhaps reflected light from other buildings which also brightened the shadows some.

Thanks. I guess I did cheat a bit. My image was a RAW file, exposed more or less for the highlights in the sky,. The building shadows were opened up around two stops in Lightroom. All said, I think it still holds up well.

Both of your images are straight out-of-camera?

A little standard processing was done, but it's fair game to bring up shadows if needed or adjust curves, every scene is different and the camera often doesn't know what we had in mind when shooting the scene. What's important is what the camera is capable of given the range of processing we can do.

Here's tonight's sunset.... exposed entirely for the Sun's disk and sky colors, letting the buildings go to black silhouettes was the intent, however the buildings actually hold a slight amount of detail. This is the JPG straight out of the camera.

Canon M6 Mk II, EF-S 55-250mm IS STM at 250mm, f5.6, 1/1250s, ISO 100, no exposure compensation

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Canon EOS M6 II Canon EOS M200 Canon EF-M 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Canon EF-M 22mm f/2 STM Canon EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM +21 more
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