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Wednesday evening (8-1-18, a palindromic date) I returned to Haines Wharf Park for more sunset shots. The air had cleared, resulting in the sun being less filtered than the last time I was there.
I switched around equipment, using the 7DII + 500L telephoto lens + 2x III teleconverter for more reach. For less noise at high ISO settings, I used the 5DIII + 24-105 L wide angle zoom with a circular polarizing filter that I had forgotten to take off from the day before.
I took these shots with the wide angle setup, using a tripod (for a change) to keep the horizon level and to steady the camera for HDR shots.
The Seattle-Chicago Empire Builder was running very late and to my good fortune, passed by at sunset. I hope the passengers felt the same.
And the smokescreen sunsets keep coming. Thursday evening (8-16-18) my son and I, armed with a battery of cameras and lenses, went down to Olympic Beach to experiment taking sunset shots.
There was no real sunset Sunday night (8-19-18) as the sun just disappeared behind the smokescreen. Taken from the plaza above the Edmonds Public Library.
Air quality health warnings are in effect for the first half of this week.
Our record-breaking bad air quality continued Monday (8-20-18). Heeding the advisories, I stayed indoors all day and took some shots from my rear deck later in the afternoon as the sun was dropping in the west.
I experimented with different settings (including HDR) to try to duplicate with the camera what my eye was seeing. This is the sun as the camera saw it.
Rain was predicted for Thursday (2/7/13), but it turned out to be a sunny day instead. My son and I went to the north end of Marina Park to take our first sunset shots in ages.
I found a large piece of driftwood to add something to the foreground. View attachment 9516
Then I recruited Daren to stand on the beach to add something more to the foreground. View attachment 9517
It has been a while since I posted any sunset shots. Here are some from Sunset Ave. on Thursday, 9/5/13. These were all taken in regular mode (no HDR) with either the 7D + 17-35L zoom or the 5D Mk III + 100-400L zoom + 1.4L teleconverter.
The sun is setting much earlier and farther south along the Olympic Peninsula. View attachment 12064
The sun is now setting at its earliest (4:16pm PST) and farthest south. It will continue to do so through the winter solstice on Friday, 12-22-18.
My son and I spent a chilly Wednesday afternoon (12-05-18) on the fishing pier to take sunset shots for calendars I give to family and friends as Christmas presents. I mounted the 5DIII + 24-105L wide angle zoom on a tripod and photographed in HDR mode.
My son took some photos of the ferry and Mt. Baker using the 1Dx + 100-400L II telephoto zoom, handheld.
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