Sunrise Sunset Thread

I may have frost bite now but it was a great morning for a sunrise shoot!
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  • ILCE-1
  • FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
  • 43.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 2 sec
  • ISO 100
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  • ILCE-1
  • FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
  • 70.0 mm
  • ƒ/14
  • 1/160 sec
  • ISO 100
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  • ILCE-7RM5
  • FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
  • 129.0 mm
  • ƒ/7.1
  • 1/1250 sec
  • ISO 100
 
St Benets Abbey, Norfolk this evening.
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  • OPPO A96
  • 4.1 mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/191 sec
  • ISO 100
 
Sunset on the Heath. Sony A7iv + Sony GM 70-200mm f2.8 OSS II>
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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
  • 194.0 mm
  • ƒ/22
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 160
 
Sunset on Blackheath. There is a cropped version of this in the 'Crow Thread' with a focus just on the first three light poles. I think I prefer the cropped version. Sony A7iv + Sony GM 70-200mm f2.8 OSS II.
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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
  • 200.0 mm
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 250
 
Taken on the 200 600 yesterday at Breydon Water, Norfolk. That windmill (The Berney Arms Mill) in the distance is 5 miles away.
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  • ILCE-7RM4
  • FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
  • 200.0 mm
  • ƒ/9
  • 1/800 sec
  • ISO 500
 
Sunset from my bedroom window, 31 Jan 2023.
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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
  • 200.0 mm
  • ƒ/22
  • 1/200 sec
  • ISO 320
 
A rare sunrise. Winter here is several months of rain. There was frost on the ground, and that was unusual too. I walk here every morning.
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  • ILCE-1
  • Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II (SEL70200GM2)
  • 70.0 mm
  • ƒ/2.8
  • 1/2000 sec
  • ISO 320
 
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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
  • 40.0 mm
  • ƒ/22
  • 1/1000 sec
  • ISO 125


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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
  • 240.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3000001907367
  • 1/100 sec
  • ISO 125


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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
  • 24.0 mm
  • ƒ/4
  • 1/25 sec
  • ISO 125


All sunrise shots at beach nearby, captured down 3 stops thereabouts. Finding that the dynamic range is quite ok and the sun isn’t blown out.

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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS
  • 600.0 mm
  • ƒ/36
  • 1/400 sec
  • ISO 125


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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 24-240mm F3.5-6.3 OSS
  • 194.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3000001907367
  • 55923/44738401 sec
  • ISO 1600
 
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I got out of bed early and walked to the beach.

The A7iv heif format didn’t seem to accurately capture the colour gradients I was seeing. The iPhone was overstating them. The raw images in Lightroom, when pushed, seems to create radiating lines rather than smooth gradients. Maybe I’m just sh*t at Lightroom?



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Heif file from cam (exported via iPhone photos app) kind of showing the light graduated, but not as intense as seen.

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iPhone 14 Pro extreme coloration as shot.

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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 85mm F1.8
  • 85.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 1/320 sec
  • ISO 125

Raw image adjusted in lightroom - radiating lines instead of even graduations

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Heif file from camera as shot (exported from iPhone photos app) - again not as intense as seen.
 
Ok, in respect to my previous post, I can see now that I might only need to adjust the colour temperature to suit.

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  • ILCE-7M4
  • FE 85mm F1.8
  • 85.0 mm
  • ƒ/1.8
  • 1/2000 sec
  • ISO 4000

But, the image uploaded here is not displaying as it does on my mac. The lines, instead of an even gradient is back!
 
Finally, a break in the rain.
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  • ILCE-1
  • Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
  • 223.0 mm
  • ƒ/11
  • 1/125 sec
  • ISO 4000

And the reflection of the sunrise in the cityscape (I turned 120 degrees left to get the next photo)
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  • ILCE-1
  • Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
  • 600.0 mm
  • ƒ/6.3
  • 1/250 sec
  • ISO 2000
 
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You find your spot well ahead of time and wait for sunset. Then an opportunity presents itself that could be nice, quick test shot and things look good. Just as the moment arrives someone walks right in front of you and the moment passes. Here's the test shot.
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  • ILCE-1
  • Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS (SEL24105G)
  • 39.0 mm
  • ƒ/8
  • 1/1250 sec
  • ISO 100
 
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