Getting the perfect sunset shot

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5-7-2008 10:53 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/50a681f1-0f94-4d43-8879-904657248432/0C17A67F-298E-4D68-AE15-66DEFB10DEEF/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/" href="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/" style="font-size: 11px;">digital-photography-school.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/">the Scripps Institute of Oceanography Pier at La Jolla has been one of my favorite subjects for daylight beach photography</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/EC94C92D-4E5C-473A-89A3-0895218CF56F" alt="Pier" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/"> while taking pictures of the pier during the day, I thought it’d be great if I could somehow frame the setting sun in the middle of the pier.  It didn’t seem too difficult: wait under the pier until the sun sets, then take pictures.  It’s a little more difficult than that; the sun is only in that spot twice a year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/">After looking at the Scripps Pier on <A href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=la+jolla+ca&ie=UTF8&ll=32.86672,-117.254806&spn=0.007858,0.020084&t=h&z=16" linkindex="17">Google Maps</A>, I found that the pier really points pretty far north of west</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/9348C18D-869A-414B-8AF7-264345BD5CCE" alt="Scrippspiermap" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/">In Stellarium, I turned on “Azimuth lines” (which vertically divides the horizon), and fast-forwarded time, looking for a sunset that seemed to be at the right angle.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/">The <A href="http://www.srrb.noaa.gov/highlights/sunrise/azel.html" linkindex="19" set="yes">NOAA Solar Position Calculator</A> website allowed me to confirm my data.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/4DB1C5D9-0E29-4E39-AFEA-A8D570E6D308" alt="Stellarium" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/">So that night, I went to the beach about a half hour before sunset, waited for the sun to approach the horizon, and took my pictures as the sun set.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/31942C14-543D-4E79-9916-DBBC3EBB5BAC" alt="Sunset-Composition" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/perfect-sunset-composition-how-i-did-it/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/digital-photography-school.com/img/906958B5-BA87-44FA-8013-804EAB9DED8E" alt="Sunset-1" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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