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I'm glad to see the shadowed side of the Moon agrees with the direction of the tree shadows on Earth! :smile:
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I always find sunsets difficult to photograph. I see a stunning deep orange red sunset but my photo looks nowt like it. Far too light in colour. If I adjust the camera by a couple of stops everything else is in the dark whereas my eye shows me it should be light. I suppose it's because eyes and brains are more clever than the camera! :smile:
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I always said that the west coast of any region is the best for photography as the sunsets are out at sea.... :biggrin2:
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Tizer wrote: 20 Apr 2025, 09:06 I always find sunsets difficult to photograph. I see a stunning deep orange red sunset but my photo looks nowt like it. Far too light in colour. If I adjust the camera by a couple of stops everything else is in the dark whereas my eye shows me it should be light. I suppose it's because eyes and brains are more clever than the camera! :smile:
You're right there, the eye is constantly adjusting. Some of the newer smartphones have a built in High Dynamic Range (HDR) setting. If that works the same as how I use HDR, with camera and Photoshop, it'll take multiple images and then blend them. This gives almost the same as your eye sees.

https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/hdr-sunset
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Tizer wrote: 20 Apr 2025, 09:01 I'm glad to see the shadowed side of the Moon agrees with the direction of the tree shadows on Earth! :smile:
The moon is in it's original position, just made bigger in Photoshop.
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Thanks for the link to all those glorious sunset photos! :good:
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Tizer wrote: 21 Apr 2025, 09:04 Thanks for the link to all those glorious sunset photos! :good:
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