How to clap a perfect sunrise sunset glow

Sunrise, sunset glow, have their own characteristics of light and color, as long as we grasp these characteristics, it can guarantee the success of the shooting. Their features are all have different shapes of clouds in the sky, some such as lobate, some are designed, have a plenty of cloud, water wave cloud, still have a plenty of long clouds or cloud, etc. Because early in the morning for a night of daylight color temperature is low, so the clouds are usually appears as red and orange. Diffused color temperature is low, with the sun at low colour temperature taken there will be a red orange color, but this is precisely what the colour of clouds need.

Early, sunset time is relatively short, generally only 20 minutes to 30 minutes, so when shooting should make hay while the sun shines. The clouds shape changing, very touching, sometimes transient, easy to regret. In addition, with clouds as the subject, they are more in the backlight conditions, thus the ground scene appeared darker, and contrast is bigger, so asked to choose the typical landmarks as a prospect, general processing for its silhouette more attractive and charming. Shoot sunrise to 20 minutes before the sun came out and taken the appropriate sunset at sunset after 30 minutes.

According to the requirements of this period of time. We must prepare in advance, select the location in advance. View should be in the upper frame to set aside the full performance the location of the clouds, the ground scene generally arranged on the bottom frame, and should not be too big, avoid a presumptuous guest usurps the host's role.

Ground scenery to choose those outstanding form, it is advisable to outline obvious young trees, pavilions, or in combination with the shepherd boy and sheep grazing back from, more can add interest and lyrical. Shooting clouds to accurately grasp the exposure problem, underexposed make whole picture color dull, dark reddish orange clouds, bright lose effect; If overexposed, shallow light color in a painting, red orange clouds too "gone with the wind". Sunrise is getting brighter and the cloud is getting darker, when shooting should timely adjust the exposure.

When the sunrise or sunset in the background when photographing people, because of the characters in the back lighting, silhouette effect extremely easily, if intentionally being emotionally, flash can be used as a positive for the use of light will be properly lit characters, shallow and not blunt clouds colorful effect. In a word, the dawn and dusk is the golden time of shoot color photos, don't miss this rare time. Get up early especially shoot sunrise, but also requires the photographer, half an hour before sunrise arrived at the location, to seize the opportunity.