Bathers Beach Sunset Silhouettes

Bathers Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art @35mm, 1/250 sec, f/4.5, ISO500

Something from a photowalk earlier this year - these sunset silhouettes were shot at Bathers Beach in Fremantle.

I normally have my camera mode set to aperture priority, and this occasion was no exception. The default behaviour of the camera is to try to expose for middle grey, so I dialled in 1 1/3 stops of negative exposure compensation to reduce the brightness of the scene. This allowed me to capture the silhouettes in front of the awesome sunset colours.

setting up for shooting

Bathers Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia
Canon EOS 50D, 10-22mm @16mm, 1/20 sec, f/4.5, ISO640