Sun Rise...Rising Sun......

Sun Rise...Rising Sun......

I do not know where to start …..The most beautiful moment that occurs first thing every day is Sun rise.Every Individual knowingly or unknowing most awaited moment every day. Words cannot express the beauty of nature; you got to see it believe it. I always wanted to shoot sunrise and sunset. This takes me back to 1970’s when I along with the family visited Kanya kumari, that time we had a Konica film camera. With that Camera I try taking the Sunset and to my astonishment it came out well. I sent the same to Indian Express News Paper for some contest…off course I will don’t win it.

I got all Camera gear charged up  and kept everything in the car the before day night all set .woke up in the morning 4:00 AM texted my friend ( For Photography it is always important to have a group – The best way to share the experience and try new tricks), I silently sneaked of the house .  We reached the spot .

The forecast was cloudy day but still we went out to shoot. Took out my Tripod (Manfratto – 190XB) mounted the camera on.

Now comes the tricky part shot under what setting? , Aperture mode? Or Shutter priority (Tv in some camera’s) or Manual Mode? There are no hard and fast rules to settings one has to use to capture better.  Same results can be achieved with different setting and in different modes. Lot of my friends ask me for the setting for the falls (in my previous post and the lighting that will be posting soon) I cannot really answer that, as Photography is understanding the light surrounding the subject, and it changes all the time and from place to place, as I said you can get the same results in different modes and settings.

I usually shoot most of my images in Aperture priority (you controlling the aperture, and Camera setting up the shutter speed and ISO (common short name for the International Organization for Standardization.)

The ISO setting on the camera is something that has carried over from film. Remember back in the ‘old days’ when you used to go and buy  rolls of film and reads out  rated at 100, 200 or 400, maybe even higher .  Well that number refers to the film’s sensitivity to light. The higher the number, the more sensitive to light the film is.

In simple words Exposure…

It is always advisable to take few test shots before the moment begins  to see how the pictures is captured and make the changes to the settings , as you do not want to be setting your camera while moment happens or happening.

I had very less time (few Minutes) to spare as the sky started to become red I put the ISO in Auto, and see the result…

Finally the Usual Metadata  for these captures

Mode:  Aperture priority

Aperture:  f 9 –f11

Shutter Speed:  0.5 sec to 1/250 sec, depending on the ISO

ISO: Auto

WB( White Balance) : Auto

Camera : Nikon D90

Lens:  18mm – 200mm VR II  f 3.5  Lens