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How often Have you
looked at the sky and found
it u ninspiring and lacking in
promise? on these occasions,
have you packed up your
camera and gone home? when
a stunning scene unfolds in
front of us, it takes creativity
and perseverance to catch
these unique moments. Had
eddie allen (eddieallen.co.uk)
gi venup on thisday,he
wouldn’thavecapturedsuch
a wonderfulseascape.
“onesundayin January,
I witnessedoneof those
sunsetsthatyoucanusually
only dreamof as a landscape
photographer.I wasin Brighton
and wanderedalongthe
se afronttowardsthederelict
west Pier withno realhopeof
ca tchinganythingspecial.
“I t had been a few years
since I had last visited there
wi th my camera, but seeing
im ages online made me wantto
tr y my luck at the iconic pier
once more. the clouds were
dr amatic and moody, but didn’t
look as though they would
make a stunning sunset...
then they proved me wrong!
“assu nsetapproached,a
bandof orangestartedglowing
onthehorizon,whichthenlit
upthehighcloudsabovethe
darkandmoodylowerlevel.
thelightwaschangingquickly
atfirstbutthensettleddown
and burnedforquitea while.
“t his im agewastakennearly
anhouraftersunset,which
didpresenta challengein the
fa ilinglight.I hadto boostthe
ISo andreducetheaperturetomaintaintheshutterspeed
I wanted.I justkeptshooting,
waveafterwave,andended
upfillingmy memorycards
beforeI finallyheadedhome.
“a longwi ththesmoothness
ofthewaves,I wasableto
ca pturethemurmurationof
st arlingsflyingaroundthepier itself.whenI loaded the
sh otintoLightroom,I didn’t
ha veto tweakit muchas the
colourswerealreadyso vivid.
I madea fewsmalladjustments
totheHSLslidersandadded
a graduatedfilterto levelout
th e brightnessof thesky
andforeground.”Fujifilm X-T2 | 24mm | 1.5sec | f/4 | ISO 800# 2 Persevere intricky conditionsSeaS caP e SAbove Many cameras have a virtual horizon guide to make levelling
a shot an easier task.22 Practical PhotograPhytip
ApplyA
fi lterin rAw
If youdon’thavegraduated
NDfiltersyoucanachieve
similarresultsusingthe
filtersin Adobe
CameraRaw.