Sunsets/sunrises

[taff63]

I'm looking for some advice on shooting sunsets/sunrises
Now every time I shoot them the sky seems to be always burnt out where am I going wrong !!!
I normally shoot at between f8 and f11 would using a filter help is so what type I have a cokin p series with blue/red and nd type up to 0.8

Mark

 

[TCR4x4]

Ideally you need Nd grads or better still a reverse Nd grad. The other way is take two exposures, one for foreground and one for background and blend afterwards.

 

[gad-westy]

Ideally you need Nd grads or better still a reverse Nd grad. The other way is take two exposures, one for foreground and one for background and blend afterwards.

As above but a third option would be to pick a scene that offers a really strong silhouetted foreground and simply expose your image for sky.

 

[Nod]

As above but a third option would be to pick a scene that offers a really strong silhouetted foreground and simply expose your image for sky.

... and then play with exposure compensation to increase the colours in the sky - try a stop or 2 underexposure and see if that gives results YOU prefer. You could try fooling the camera's meter by spot metering off the sun's disk but beware of viewing that disk through a VF directly (and possibly of exposing your sensor to it for too long).

 

[markmullen]

... and then play with exposure compensation to increase the colours in the sky - try a stop or 2 underexposure and see if that gives results YOU prefer. You could try fooling the camera's meter by spot metering off the sun's disk but beware of viewing that disk through a VF directly (and possibly of exposing your sensor to it for too long).

Changing the white balance can also help bring up a sunset or sunrise.