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Sunsets and Silhouettes – a blueprint, tutorial and favorites poll

June 30th, 2009

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.

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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.

Which are your favorite silhouettes? PICK 3

  • #14 (82 Votes)
  • #3 (81 Votes)
  • #2 (74 Votes)
  • #6 (61 Votes)
  • #15 (55 Votes)
  • #7 (51 Votes)
  • #1 (37 Votes)
  • #12 (27 Votes)
  • #13 (26 Votes)
  • #9 (18 Votes)
  • #5 (12 Votes)
  • #10 (11 Votes)
  • #4 (10 Votes)
  • #11 (8 Votes)
  • #8 (7 Votes)

Total Voters: 222

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