Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Sunsets No. 5

SUNSET OVER LAKE SUPERIOR, GREEN, MICHIGAN, AUGUST 16, 2011

Pentax K-5
SMC Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/500 sec. f9
ISO 400

Last night's sunset was absolutely weird -- the sun punched through two storm systems, one close in and dumping rain over the lake (hence the strange halo effect), another system far, far out on the horizon. A gaggle of geese flew past just as I was trying out different f/stops to see if I could subdue the halo. (I couldn't.) Click on the photo for a desktop-sized version.

Below is a wide-angle shot of the same sunset, taken a few minutes later with another camera. Click on it also for a desktop-sized version.




Pentax K20D
Sigma 17-70 at 21mm
1/30 sec. f8
ISO 400

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