Sunset Picture With NO ND Fliter 0/0/0 On Settings. Any Tips And Hints To Take A Better Shot ???

HDR candidate. All but the sky is underexposed. But, I am a total amateur. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

m1shootr Posted at 2017-4-20 16:09
HDR candidate. All but the sky is underexposed. But, I am a total amateur. Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work.

thanks its always room for improvement !!!

One hint I saw on a "how to take videos tutorial" is to NOT center the subject.  Move it a bit to one side.  So have the sun a bit left or right of center.

Turning down the exposure / brightness intensifies colors. This was shot at -1.3, iso 100 with P4P+

It's a nice shot, thanks for sharing!

I would suggest buying some ND filters and using AEB (exposure bracketing) and some HDR software - I use the built in software in Affinity Photo.

An example taken using an ND8 filter from a Neewer 6 piece ND kit:

(And please try to pretend you can't see the slight horizon tilt...)

Damacone Posted at 2017-4-21 13:02
I would suggest buying some ND filters and using AEB (exposure bracketing) and some HDR software - I use the built in software in Affinity Photo.

An example taken using an ND8 filter from a Neewer 6 piece ND kit:

great great pix !!! will do which filters you think i should buy.. well i should say brand wise

Mine were by NEEWER - I was a bit worried because they were so cheap - but actually the quality seems excellent, and two of them are polarised which are great when taking footage over water.
Only downside is the lens cover won't fit when they're on the aircraft - but not a big worry.

Strangely though, they don't seem to be available through Amazon at the moment.

StanfordWebbie Posted at 2017-4-20 18:30
One hint I saw on a "how to take videos tutorial" is to NOT center the subject.  Move it a bit to one side.  So have the sun a bit left or right of center.

Yup.   Move the drone to face not directly into the sun.

Let me share with you my first HDR sunset test. P4P with a PolarPro ND4/PL.

Dusk on campus by betonven, on Flickr

betonven Posted at 2017-4-22 09:32
Let me share with you my first HDR sunset test. P4P with a PolarPro ND4/PL.

[view_image]Dusk on campus by betonven, on Flickr

Nice...  Love the colours - very atmospheric.

Damacone Posted at 2017-4-22 12:07
Nice...  Love the colours - very atmospheric.

Thanks! Sunsets are a challenging case to correctly lit your photos,, but HDR definitely helps.

betonven Posted at 2017-4-22 09:32
Let me share with you my first HDR sunset test. P4P with a PolarPro ND4/PL.

[view_image]Dusk on campus by betonven, on Flickr

Great Pix I love it !!!

Hi there, here are a couple of sunset pictures taken with my P3A, on auto and no filter, and processed with Cyberlink's Photo Director.





SKYER

“Fly your drone as though you were flying in it yourself…”

See aerial short films at my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC304REG4t2_OWJmQDHLvQ2w

Here's one I did with my P4P.. One thing I haven't seen anyone here mention is that when you stop down with your camera (set to f11), you can get some pretty neat looking sun rays.. It softens the picture up in the end but still looks awesome! This is one I took the other day looking at the city of Tampa. I didn't have time to mess with autobracketing - but I did the best I could with the RAW file..

JayOne Posted at 2017-4-25 14:19
Great Pix I love it !!!

Thank you!!!

One sunset from the same place, but with a little more experience since the last one...!

Just give me more sunsets by betonven, on Flickr