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One of the big perks of living in New Mexico is the amazing sunsets we get throughout the year. Most of the time, I just enjoy them while I'm cooking outside or watching my daughter swing, but I also really enjoy learning about how to photograph them.
It's very challenging, and unlike a photograph of, say, a person, where the challenge is to make the person look very much like themselves, an image of a sunset may not look anything like the sunset you actually saw.
HDR techniques have opened up some possibilities, and some of these images take advantage of it. (HDR is a technique where you take several photos of the same scene and combine them later to create images that would be difficult or impossible to capture with a single exposure.) My favorite sunset shots are ones where it's not totally obvious if it's HDR or not - if it's not totally clear, I feel like I've done it right.
It's very challenging, and unlike a photograph of, say, a person, where the challenge is to make the person look very much like themselves, an image of a sunset may not look anything like the sunset you actually saw.
HDR techniques have opened up some possibilities, and some of these images take advantage of it. (HDR is a technique where you take several photos of the same scene and combine them later to create images that would be difficult or impossible to capture with a single exposure.) My favorite sunset shots are ones where it's not totally obvious if it's HDR or not - if it's not totally clear, I feel like I've done it right.
Robert Muller