This scene was shot on the west lawn of the National Weather Center. Not one normally prone to letting foregrounds take up this much of a sunset composition, I did some experimentation with the vertical branches and horizontal sunset-cirrus bands, deep-zooming into the reddest part of the western sky, and was rather pleased with the results. Zooming that tightly through such intricate detail, with a heavy, hand-held lens (left my tripod elsewhere!), combined with the longer exposures forced by low light, offered a challenge—even at high ISO. That challenge was overcome by steadiness-bracketing, which works like this: hold it still as possible and fire off a bunch of shots in rapid succession, (correctly) figuring at least one would be steady and sharp. Improvisation is a crucial and rewarding skill in photography!
Norman OK (3 Oct 14) Looking W
35.1818, -97.4406Arboreal Sunset
This scene was shot on the west lawn of the National Weather Center. Not one normally prone to letting foregrounds take up this much of a sunset composition, I did some experimentation with the vertical branches and horizontal sunset-cirrus bands, deep-zooming into the reddest part of the western sky, and was rather pleased with the results. Zooming that tightly through such intricate detail, with a heavy, hand-held lens (left my tripod elsewhere!), combined with the longer exposures forced by low light, offered a challenge—even at high ISO. That challenge was overcome by steadiness-bracketing, which works like this: hold it still as possible and fire off a bunch of shots in rapid succession, (correctly) figuring at least one would be steady and sharp. Improvisation is a crucial and rewarding skill in photography!
Norman OK (3 Oct 14) Looking W
35.1818, -97.4406