Red Clouds, Red Sky

This is a classic photo... a sunset, several clouds, heavy red... many dark areas...
I've taken several photo like those... I post here two of them.

This was taken with the Canon Powershot A630:



Date Taken: 2007:10:07 16:34:17
Exposure Time: 1/60 sec.
Aperture Value: 4.06 EV (f/4.1)
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average
Focal Length: 29.2 mm



The second one was taken with the Nikon D300:



Date Taken: 2008:02:05 18:20:29
Exposure Time: 1/1599 sec.
Aperture Value: 7.40 EV (f/13.0)
ISO Speed Rating: 500
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire.
Exposure Program: Manual
Focal Length: 130.0 mm


Two similar photos with really different settings^_^

And the lightray shines through

This is one of my preferred shots (I hope it is the right one to inaugurate this last stint in my photoblogging^_^)... In a cloudy day while I was looking at the bagnoli's and puteoli's gulf... I see this heavenly shot...

It is enhanced by the fast shutter speed that gives more contrast to the light rays making all things darker...

The exif reads:
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot A630
Date Taken: 2007:10:07 15:45:10
Exposure Time: 1/199 sec.
Aperture Value: 6.00 EV (f/8.0)
Flash Fired: Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode.
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted Average
Focal Length: 21.7 mm

here is the photo:

High Speed Sunset

Same day as the previous post (a little earlier I'd say) I took some shots from the sunset.
It was a claudy day so it was impossible to see the sun... but I could see its reflection on the clouds.
It was a fairly cheap shot to take... but I was alone in the Car speeding at something like 90 mph!

The shot was taken at f/2.8 with an exposure of 1/60".

A Fast Red Sunset

This is the first of several photos to sunsets shot while driving on the highway.
None of them has seen any post processing, so you can see the dirty screen and some strange colors (but all of them are real!)

Personally I think my canon's white balance has gone wild on the hot side with this shot, but it was set on the usual AWB setting... altough this I think I like the shot... but maybe the effect is due to the red sun at my back.
In fact this shot was taken at some clouds that were mirroring the last seconds of sunset,

The shot was taken at 130 Kmh (just shy of 90 MPH), the exposure was set to 1/30" and the aperture was at f/3.2 (values taken from the exif I'm not so crazy to take notes while driving!)