Sunrise and Sunset (18)

Requirement

As many images as needed to show the transition of light and colour

Purpose

Show how to shoot sunrises and sunsets

Technical learning

• Light and colour at sunrises and sunsets are always uncertain 
• Presence of clouds either make or break the scene
• Sunrise shoots need previous scouting since final preparation will take place in twilight, or even darkness, (so, take a torch to make it easier to set camera controls)
• Be aware due to automatic adaption of the eye that light will seem brighter than it is (which how the camera will record it)

Exercise instructions

• Shoot a sunrise scene with a similar viewpoint from twilight to a time when the sun is well above the horizon

Images and review

Taunton, Bridgewater Canal Sunset Transition

Exposing for the highlights creates a near
silhouette of the land mass except the water

Some of the detail in the darker areas
starts to emerge

...and now more so...

Twilight - as the dynamic range of
light diminishes so the metering system
produces a more even and brighter exposure.
This contrasts with how the eye experiences
the scene, i.e. as getting progressively darker