One of my all time favorite things to photograph are sunsets and silhouettes.  There is something almost magical about them.

Last year I wrote a 2 part tutorial on photographing and editing silhouettes. Part 1 Here * Part 2 Here.

I changed camera my settings quite a bit on the ones I took on vacation in Northern Michigan last week.   And based on the sky and environment, the colors and look is quite different as well (though I love both shoots equally as much).

I decided to stop down rather than shoot wider open.  These were all shot with my Canon 17-40L (which I am considering selling as I just purchased the 16-35L II.  So on a side note, contact me if you are interested…)

My camera settings varied slightly from shot to shot – but they were approximately:

ISO 100-320, Aperture f16-f20, Speed 1/250-1/640

As for editing, it could not have been any simpler.  The “Blueprint” for these was an s-curve that looked like this and then the Finger-paint Medium action from the MCP Quickie Collection.  I decided against sharpening these.  So these were so fast to edit.

Since I took the time to show you what I did and to tell you my settings, I am hoping you will vote for your 3 favorites from these 10.  I need you to help me pick what I should print for my home.

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