Sunset Cliché from my roof

[thereyougo!]

I have a flat roof with access with a sea view. Just before heading out I noticed a small area of colour in the sky and made myself late for an event I was attending 40 miles away to grab the shot.

Pentax 645Z FA 400 f/5.6 at f/11 1/125 ISO 400

PT evening sun-2 copy by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[otherprof]

I have a flat roof with access with a sea view. Just before heading out I noticed a small area of colour in the sky and made myself late for an event I was attending 40 miles away to grab the shot.

Pentax 645Z FA 400 f/5.6 at f/11 1/125 ISO 400

PT evening sun-2 copy by singingsnapper, on Flickr

Beautiful shot. And not "just another sunset," in my opinion.

 

[Derrel]

That sensor held the highlights pretty well, compared to what many digital cameras used to be able to do! I do not miss the days when anything like this, with the sun in it, had a MASSIVE, yellow-tinted blowout as an "aura" around the sun sphere!

 

[thereyougo!]

Thanks both! I exposed for area close to the sun (not the sun itself) and as is normal with the 645Z I used 0.7 negative exposure compensation to preserve the highlights.

 

[WesternGuy]

Very nice.

WesternGuy

 

[BrickHouse]

Beautiful colors!

 

[thereyougo!]

Very nice.

WesternGuy

Beautiful colors!

Thanks guys!

Another shot from the same shoot, at a different angle.

Pentax 645Z FA 400 f/5.6 f/11 1/6 ISO 100

PT evening sun-3 copy by singingsnapper, on Flickr

 

[jcdeboever]

Very nice. I would love to own one of those cameras. that is my dream camera.

 

[FITBMX]

Very nice!

 

[WesternGuy]

This is nice, but I think I like the first one better because the houses were all dark and did not detract from the subject - the sun as it is setting. Showing the houses in the second one provides a distraction for the viewer IMHO.

WesternGuy

 

[thereyougo!]

It's certainly different from the first. Perhaps it should have had a separate thread. It's more of an urban sunset. The first suggests it but this one is more pronounced.