June and I have been in a dry spell where we didn't get out to photograph much at all beyond what can be found in our yard. Last night we tossed the cameras and tripods in the car and headed to the mountains to see what we could find to photograph around sunset. It was a great evening where the juices started to flow again.
When we drove through Johnson City and the way to Unicoi the temperature was 88 degrees. By the time we reached Beauty Spot on Unaka Mountain, the temps had dropped to 73! Much nicer!! When we arrived we discovered more cars than I had ever seen up there. There were many people enjoying the cool mountain air and spectacular mountain views. Most appeared to be college-age and I think we were the oldest by about 30+ years. No worries. We picked our spot and waited for the show to begin.
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| June's Sunset Photo |
When we think about sunsets we hope for a beautiful scene like June's photo above. I'm proud of her photo. It was the first one I posted after getting home around 10:30. But there are many ways to photograph a sunset.
One way to change it up is to shoot wider.
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| Wide-angle 14mm (21mm full-frame equivalent) |
Maybe use that same wide-angle lens to emphasize the foreground while including the sunset in the background.
Maybe swapping out the lens for a telephoto zoom to include just part of the sunset.
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| 46mm (69mm) |
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| 66mm (100mm) |
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| 104mm (156mm) |
By swapping to a longer telephoto zoom lens I can zoom in on just parts of the sunset.
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| 177mm (266mm) |
 400mm (600mm) |
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| 400mm (600mm) |
Too often we shoot from the same spot using the same lens and the same focal length. Don't let this habit squash your creativity. These photos are just an example of how changing the lens and focal length can result in vastly different photos of the same subject.
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