Something completely different: Sunset
Canon G9 • 28mm (in 35mm equivalents) • f/2.8 • 1/50 second • ISO 200
(As usual, click for a larger version)
I tell myself to always carry a camera, “just in case”. Recently, I’ve been trying to follow my own advice, although most days use the camera during our early morning walk but let it sit idle the rest of the day.
But we were driving home early one evening this week when Meda asked if I really had the camera, and then suggested I pull over and try to get a picture of the rapidly fading sunset. So I did. At that time, we were driving along the coast between Kaneohe and Kaaawa, just passing Waiahole & Waikane Valleys. There’s a relatively unimproved park area between the highway and the ocean.
By the time I pulled off the highway, parked, grabbed the camera, and then made my way across an open field to the ocean, the colors had already started to fade and I was worried that there wouldn’t be enough light left. I only managed a few shots before it the scene faded to gray. But it was enough.
I set the ISO to 200, trying to tread that fine line between a fast enough setting to get away with a handheld shot and the high “noise” that enters at higher ISO. I was able to shoot at 1/50 second, which with care in holding the camera (and an assist from the Canon’s image stabilization) is normally fine without a tripod. As usual, I shot in raw format and converted later in Photoshop CS3. Nothing fancy. I boosted detail in the shadows a bit and tried to pull down highlights in the sky.
