landscape photos

[Flannel16]

hey im going to shoot a landscape photo of a sunrise over some mountian crest what should my setup be if im shooting into the sun using a olympus 28-120 film camrera
Braden

olympus 28-120
leica DBP
Voigtlander vitessa
Voigtlander vito 2 A
Canon EOS XS SLR
Canon EF 80-200mm
Canon 35-80mm
Canon 52mm
Canon speedlight 300EZ

 

[Garbz]

It's hit and miss. The sun will throw your sensor out the wazoo. It also depends as to what you are after. Do you want to reduce the sun to a small ball, a small flare? Maybe take a point and shoot digicam along so you can get an idea of the exposures.

A few things to note remove any lens filters you have. The filters cause flaring and on a modern lens it can make the difference between looking professional and looking like it was taken by cheap gear from the 70s.

Also if you stop down you aperture below f/16 you get a star effect form the sun

 

[sayambhu]

thats a fairly complete suggestion. I just want to add this : keep your shot underexposed to 0.3 or 0.7 stops, alternately, to 0.5 stop. bracket them both (-0.3 and -0.7), you'll get a nice figure of the sun in either without compromising exposure on the landscape. do not Spot or Center-weight meter the sun.

(have you considered making the landscape a silhouette ? have a look at number 1 here : http://www.turboshots.net/gallery/en/digha/digha_g_en.html)

also, I believe that shooting the photo is only 30% of the job of the total workflow, majority of which consists of digital editing. you can fill some light in with Adobe Lightroom to your underexposed photograph or make Shadow/Highlight correction with Adobe Photoshop to make it stand up. that way, you get aesthetically good photographs.

All the best !

 

[Flannel16]

ok thanks i what going for a near silhouette but to still have some detail to the terrain Ill take the digital to help out
Braden
olympus 28-120
leica DBP
Voigtlander vitessa
Voigtlander vito 2 A
Canon EOS XS SLR
Canon EF 80-200mm
Canon 35-80mm
Canon 52mm
Canon speedlight 300EZ

 

[sayambhu]

right, hope it works out !

 

[Flannel16]

Thanks i devlope and see
Braden

 

[sayambhu]

yup, we'll wait for em ! :thumbup:

 

[Alex_B]

ok thanks i what going for a near silhouette but to still have some detail to the terrain Ill take the digital to help out

Well, if you go for a single exposure, the digital wil have a way harder time to get both the sky and the foreground terrain well exposed. digital of course could help with multiple exposures and blending them together later.

But for a single shot thing, I'd always prefer film for sunsets.