Late September, around the time I went to Sugar Pine Reservoir to take a bunch of photos (here are part 1 and part 2 if you missed them), I spent a few evenings taking my camera and tripod out to capture some sunset photos.
I wanted something simple to practice on as I went through the more manual settings of my Canon to really test them out and discover the limitations. Additionally, I wanted to become more familiar with, and comfortable using, my tripod so that when I do take it out I can set up easily and quickly.
Locating a level-enough surface around here seems to be the trickiest bit. â
Locating a level-enough surface around here seems to be the trickiest bit. â
While I can (and do) adjust the legs of my tripod, I don't have a level to verify that the tripod is, in fact, level. This may be something I will need to acquire later on. In the meantime, eyeballing it worked well enough.
â(And I can always adjust the alignment of a photograph in Lightroom or Photoshop as needed.)
â(And I can always adjust the alignment of a photograph in Lightroom or Photoshop as needed.)
I was out a couple hours that evening, setting up the tripod early and testing it before the sun began is descent into the horizon. It wasn't too chilly, though the ground was a bit damp from rain a few days before.
Editing these photos was where the real fun began, though. I opened up Lightroom and really spent the time experimenting and testing out different settings and tools. I love how vibrant and rich the colours are in the final photos. The result much closer to what I was seeing, and less muddy/murky than what was captured through the camera.
In some cases, I took the usual artistic liberties and pushed the colours either too far, or in another direction to create a different mood for the photo.
âCan you guess which ones?
âCan you guess which ones?
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I have more photos up in my deviantART gallery. I also have stock photos available for purchase throughAdobe Stock and Foap! If you have your sights on another photo of mine that's not available online, let me know and we can work something out.