18:50. Just finished a light dinner. Looking out of the window, there was fantastic light in the sky. A stunning sunset was on it’s way. Sunset was expected to be at 19:15. 30 minutes to go (drive). I picked up my gear and tripod and jumped into the car, heading for the nearby lake (10-15 minutes drive). I arrived at 19:05 at the parking lot by the lake. I rushed to the platform (new location) at the sailing boat club and set up my stuff. Tripod, adapter, Fuji X-T1, lens adapter, filter holder, big stopper + ND grad, cable release. Looked for the optimal focus point, f11, bulb mode. By then it was 19:15. More clouds showed up during this time. Ready for the first 90 sec. exposure. Too dark. Next one. 120 sec. Still too dark. 240 sec. Looked ok on the small screen of the X-T1. Turned the camera from right to left. Other composition. Where is the focus point? Ahhh, found it. Next shot. 300 sec. Too dark. Next one. 360 sec. Looked ok. It is over. No light left. 5 images. Lesson learned. Be in time. I forgot to change the aperture from 11 to 8 to 5.6 rather than enhancing the time. Next time I will be prepared, focused and in time.
Hope you still enjoy the last minute images. Have a nice weekend.
Smiles. Reinhold
simple wow, Beautiful ! May like to check out, some of my clicks during our roadtrip : http://wp.me/p8p4rd-3g do give your feedback.
wonderful…thanks Reinhold for your teachings too 😀
Julie, it is a 24 hrs flight only. I did that twice. But you have to stay for a month to make it worth the effort and price! Smiles. Reinhold
I love these ready or not! Wish I had been there 😃
Oh my gosh…these are just beautiful!! I love your explanation of how they came to be. I’ve done that same kind of thing with sunset shots (minus the filters). Tonight I might try the big stopper + GND. I’m taking my camera club out again but not sure this will be as scenic. Plus we don’t have any clouds here right now….mostly summers are like that in California. Cloudless. No fog either right now. But there will be some water. We’ll see. Sometimes it’s hard for me to do filters, etc. with the camera club. I need to go out on my own! Wanna come along???? 🙂
Very tempting, Laura. I am planning a video of the shoot tomorrow morning. Never tried one. Thanks for your like and comment. Always good to read your words. 🙂 Reinhold
Oh I look forward to seeing the video! Enjoy.
I learn so much from your explanations. Thank you, Reinhold. May the the light be with you as well. 🙂
We are learning from each other. Thanks, Sheila. Smiles. Reinhold
Awesome mood and colors!
Thank you! Magic moods and colors created by nature. Autumn… my fav time of the year!
I really like the darkness and the colours in these photos Reinhold. I think they are very beautiful and sunsets in all there glory – we have seen a thousand of them. These photos are a really great contrast to the usual one’s.
Oh, thank you, Lena. I think I should go for last minute images in the future with such a fantastic feedback. 🙂 Very happy you like my version of sunset images. And that you are back with us! Smiles. Reinhold
Nice to know I’m not the only one that forgets the other parts of the exposure triangle especially when under pressure. 😉 The shots still turned out fantastic! I would have no complaints here. Just lovely.
Thanks, Sheila! 🙂 Yes, working under pressure reveals professionalism or not. I am still working on that. LOL. There is nothing really wrong enhancing the exposure time. But on the very last one I exposed by 10 min. At this point I reached the technical limit of my Fuji X-T1. The first dust like red dots showed up in the RAW file. Especially with this “small” aperture. The work around would be to open up the lens 1 to 2 stops and stay under the 10 min line. But I am complaining on a high level. Have a nice day, Sheila. May the light be with you! Reinhold
Very dramatic. I like the dark.
Thank you, Sherry. I actually wanted to create an image with more of the fantastic light of that evening. But I was just too late at the location. So in the end I think it was still worth to set up the gear and capture the remaining like and the dark! Have a great day. Reinhold
This was a very helpful lesson, once again. 🙂 Beautiful captures, Reinhold.
Thank you, Dina. It was a big lesson for me. Camera, filter, technique… all not relevant for me… to be at the right spot in the best time is key… at least for me in the future. But I like the images and like that you like them as well. Cheers. Reinhold
Fabulous colour and I love those streaky clouds.
I was waiting for a bit of high winds for such a long time. Thanks for your like, comment and stopping by. Have a great day. Reinhold
Colors are absolutly fantastic !
I was tempted to convert these images into black and white. Glad I did not. Thanks, Christine!
you amaze me again.
That is amazing! Thanks for your nice comment. Smiles. Reinhold
Wow, 300 and 360 second! Lots to learn of capturing nature light here. These two photos are perfect and beautiful, Reinhold!
Thank you so much for sharing your experience.
If you only have minutes of good light these seconds turn out to be longer than “normal”. Thank you, Amy. Always good to read your comments. 🙂 Reinhold