Damn cloud screwed up my sunset photo

[RagingInMiami]

Here are a couple of photos I took in Key Biscayne, an island that is part of Miami. In the second picture, I wanted to capture the sailboat in that reflected line of sunlight that you see in the first picture, but the sun descended behind a cloud, as you can see.
Technical info is at the bottom of each photo. How are you guys coming up with latitude and longitude?


Lens: 20 mm
Speed: 1/350
Aperture: f/9.5
ISO: 100




Lens: 100 mm
Speed: 1/350
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100

[ralps]

1. I did a google search of the latitude and longitude for my area.

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:
They are both cool photos :yourock:

[intheflow]

2. Weather Underground

gives you longitude and lattitude when you enter your zip code to get your local weather.

http://wunderground.com

And stop being apologetic about your photos. Puh-lease!! they're gorgeous. I actually prefer the cloud one. It gives a different character to the sun, and the sail boat is a nice touch. The straight sunsets off the Florida coast are over done on postcards, anyway. ;)

[RagingInMiami]

3. Thanks guys

Here is my location info:
25.7° N 80.2° W

[alfredo]

4. I got mine from the free Astro program Xephem.

http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/index.html

BTW, nice pics.

[CornField]

5. I like them both

The first one gives me a sense of serene finality -- like the ending of a really good day.

The second one doesn't feel like an ending, but a twist in the plot. It seems to indicate that something more is going to be happening.

Thanks for sharing them!

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Those are beautiful.

How do you keep from getting the little spots when you shoot straight into the sun?

This is what happens to me...

[TahitiNut]

8. Polarizing filter?

:shrug:

[Blue_In_AK]

9. Hmm, that's a thought.

I'll give it a try next time and see what happens. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with all these lenses and things that my hubby bought me last month. I plan to give them all a good workout when we're in CA later this month.

[TahitiNut]

12. The primary impact of a polarizing filter is to reduce refledtions

... off surfaces being photographed. As a side benefit, that tends to deepen the colors, even of the sky. The negative is that you don't get those great reflections off the surface of a lake, for instance. I'm not sure if it'd eliminate the internal lens refections that often look like hexagons (I guess because they're shaped like the aperture?). If I recall correctly, those are the result of the layers in a lens that correct for chromatic abberation. (Light of differing wavelengths/colors is bent differently through a uniform lens material.) It's been decades since I took optics in college, so my memory may have totally failed me here.

[RagingInMiami]

10. Thanks

The only filter I use is a UV filter, which I've learned can actually increase flare, if that makes any sense. But I keep that on my lens for protection against bumbs and scratches.

In the first picture, I purposely underexposed the shot by two stops to reduce flare. That is why that photo is a little darker. But if I would have kept it at the exposure level recommended by the camera, it would have been washed out.

On the second photo, I did not underexpose the shot, but because the sun was mostly behind the cloud, there was no real need for me to do that.

[TahitiNut]

7. And I thought *I* was anal. ;-))

It's a perfectly LOVELY sunset and I'd be very happy to capture such a display of natural beauty.

[RagingInMiami]

11. Thanks TN

You're right, I can get anal about shots. I'm going to keep that in mind next time I'm about to accuse you of being anal.

[TahitiNut]

13. It's an accusation that I'd deserve. As a member of Control Freaks ...

... Anonymous, I found that I was calling my mentor almost constantly. :evilgrin: It's tough staying on the wagon.