sunset

Testing my new Mini2
Sunset with DJI Mini 2
Pano (9 pictures) with camera on manual

Mansoon season is kicking in, giving very dramatic skies

Very nice!!!

A bit dark?

Great shot, just.... Dark.

Montfrooij Posted at 11-19 06:13
A bit dark?

It was indeed very dark. Just the glow of the sun still standing.
The surroundings were hardly to see. No lights except those at the houses.

Taken at 18:15, sunset is at 17:55 here today

Hello there JohnDG, thank you for reaching out and sharing this wonderful shot you've taken using your DJI Mini 2. I like the scenery, makes me feel like home. Thank you for the support and happy flying always.

JohnDG Posted at 11-19 06:21
It was indeed very dark. Just the glow of the sun still standing.
The surroundings were hardly to see. No lights except those at the houses.

Yeah, I see. You did not try to up the exposure a bit?

DJI Gamora Posted at 11-19 06:25
Hello there JohnDG, thank you for reaching out and sharing this wonderful shot you've taken using your DJI Mini 2. I like the scenery, makes me feel like home. Thank you for the support and happy flying always.

Thank you Gamora,

picture is taken near Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia.

End of the day with a bit of Mansoon rain, very dark clouds, no lights in the "Kampung", just those of the ones at the houses.

Montfrooij Posted at 11-19 06:26
Yeah, I see. You did not try to up the exposure a bit?

I did. On the original picture the foreground is total black.

True, it's dark, but sets a pleasant mood!

Impressive low light shot

JohnDG Posted at 11-19 11:55
I did. On the original picture the foreground is total black.

I mean, while taking that shot

Montfrooij Posted at 11-19 13:24
I mean, while taking that shot

I could have done that. On automatic it would have. I did not want to mess up the atmosphere and not ruin the sunset, I took a faster shutterspeed. The sun was gone down already and just a reflection on the clouds was still visible. Pulling up the light to get the foreground would have burned out the sunset and make the lights of the houses too bright. Of course that is my opinion.

I could have used AEB to have a wider range.

Nice photo!

JohnDG Posted at 11-19 06:34
Thank you Gamora,

picture is taken near Penampang, Sabah, Malaysia.

Hi JohnDG, you're most welcome and thank you for your reply. Thank you for your support and happy flying.

A bit different version ... BTW, I've discovered strange purple-ish smudges on heavily shadowed parts of the ground. Is it a DJI-baked peg stitch?

JohnDG Posted at 11-19 16:54
I could have done that. On automatic it would have. I did not want to mess up the atmosphere and not ruin the sunset, I took a faster shutterspeed. The sun was gone down already and just a reflection on the clouds was still visible. Pulling up the light to get the foreground would have burned out the sunset and make the lights of the houses too bright. Of course that is my opinion.

I could have used AEB to have a wider range.

I was thinking AEB indeed!
Maybe next time if nature gives you one of those again

Matthew Dobrski Posted at 11-19 23:36
A bit different version ... BTW, I've discovered strange purple-ish smudges on heavily shadowed parts of the ground. Is it a DJI-baked peg stitch?

JPG it is. I had the settings for pictures to RAW+JPEG, but strangly when you switch to Pano, you need to set the pano mode (again) to RAW+JPEG.
A couple of seconds later it was dark as hell. So, I couldn't start all over. It's just a couple of degrees from the equator here, so the sun comes up and goes down in a couple of minutes time.
Next time I'll try out the RAW pictures.

Montfrooij Posted at 11-19 23:47
I was thinking AEB indeed!
Maybe next time if nature gives you one of those again

well it is mansoon time. So, heavy clouds. I'll get the next chance to do some testing in the next couple of days.

JohnDG Posted at 11-20 03:27
well it is mansoon time. So, heavy clouds. I'll get the next chance to do some testing in the next couple of days.

Good luck!
Looking forward to seeing it!