Sunrise photo!

[cleansensor]

Hello evryone,

I am using Canon 5D mark 3 for Photography I just started shooting. What is the best setting for sunrise and Sunset?

Thank you,

Mu.

[cleansensor]

Thank you!!

[Waddizzle]

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@cleansensor wrote:

Thank you!!

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Use manual exposure, because the light conditions will coerce the camera into over exposing the shots..  Get there early, so you can take a number of exposure. 

Every sunrise is different.  The above shot is first light.  A second later the exposure settings were a good 3-4 stops too high.

[Mitsubishiman]

One thing that will help is the smartphone app TPE
The Photographers Edge, it allows you to plan for sunrise - sunset times based on your location, also has moon locations and phases, utilizes GPS and has orientation lines

[ebiggs1]

Of course the correct answer is 'bracket'.  Bracketing is your friend.  Your camera can do 3 or 5 bracked exposuers in fractions of a second.

[RobertTheFat]

Once you get comfortable with sunset photography, you might want to try your hand at Alpenglühen (the last vestige of the setting sun reflected off of a mountaintop or cloud) and Gegendämmerung (the reflection of a sunset, usually after the sun has set). Those phenomena are pretty hard to find, but I got lucky one evening down at the New Jersey shore:

In both of these pictures, the sun was behind me.

I admit that these pictures are technically rather crappy. But in my defense I'll point out that it was ten years ago, and my skills (I hope) and my equipment (for sure) have improved a lot in the meantime. But another opportunity hasn't come along. Anyway, either phenomenon is interesting to look for and a bit of a coup if you can catch it. 

[Waddizzle]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

Of course the correct answer is 'bracket'.  Bracketing is your friend.  Your camera can do 3 or 5 bracked exposuers in fractions of a second.

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Negative.  I would not bracket a shot of first light at sunrise.

Bracketing will alter your exposure settings.  I captured first light with the camera in continuous shooting mode, and the settings were fixed in Manual shooting mode.  The scene bracketed itself.  

You do not need to alter exposure settings to capture first light, just fast reflexes and a remote shutter cable.  In fact, I had dialed in -2 Ev exposure compensation.

[cleansensor]

Thank you.

[cleansensor]

Thank you so much!!

[cleansensor]

Thank you.

[cleansensor]

Thank you Bob.