{"id":2029,"date":"2012-06-21T13:26:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T04:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-06-21\/2029"},"modified":"2012-06-21T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T04:26:26","slug":"a-typhoon-makes-for-a-good-sunset-but-its-me-that-makes-it-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2012-06-21\/2029","title":{"rendered":"A Typhoon Makes for a Good Sunset (But It’s Me That Makes It Great :-)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\nNOTE<\/b>: Images with an icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 1800 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nAfter the Typhoon<\/span>\nTumultuous Sunset Over Kyoto\n\u4eac\u90fd\u306e\u5915\u713c\u3051\u3001\u6771\u5c71\u306e\u5c06\u8ecd\u585a\u304b\u3089\n
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Typhoon #4 of the season blew nearby on Tuesday, the first one to have\nany impact on Kyoto. It wasn't particularly eventful, but as I discovered<\/span> after 2007's\nTyphoon #4<\/a>, the air can be quite clear and the clouds quite dramatic\nafter a typhoon<\/span> blows through, so yesterday after a photogenic<\/span> hike<\/a> in\nwestern Kyoto, I went up<\/span> to Shogunzuka in eastern Kyoto to catch the\nsunset.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 155mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>200 sec, f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 450 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

As usual, I was hoping<\/span> for a jaw<\/span>-dropping display<\/a>,\nbut as usual, I didn't<\/span> get it. Still, it was better than most. And as usual<\/span>, the deep color of the sunset (this time an orange with a strong<\/span> pink\ntinge) gets completely lost\nin photographs<\/a>... it turns into a totally<\/span> unrealistic yellow in the\nbrightest areas.<\/p>\n\n

Since it's going to render unrealistically in photographs anyway, I thought<\/span> I'd go ahead and “artify” it a bit<\/span>\nin post processing (sort of like I did<\/span> the other day in “Bland Sunset Over Kyoto: They Can't All Be Amazing<\/a>”), but this time had a much<\/span> nicer base from which to work.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nCloser To Reality<\/span>\nbut still heavy with unpleasant HDR<\/a>ish artifacts from trying to rein in\nthe bright clouds, which, in reality, were not the least bit yellow\n<\/div>\n\n

The reality was quite nice (other folks were oohing and ahhing nonstop),\nbut my photos (as taken) weren't particularly compelling, so I'm going the\n“artsy” route. I've done this a number<\/span> of times recently, and am a bit<\/span>\nworried to let it become a habit,<\/span> but for now I'll just enjoy it when the\nmood strikes.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 110mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 4500 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nRidgeline<\/span>\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 70mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 5000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n
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<\/a>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 2000 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nThis Pink<\/span>\nis the real color of the sunset\n(at least if your browser shows you<\/a> the same pink I see<\/span> in Lightroom)\n
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<\/a><\/div>\nNikon D700 + Nikkor 70-200mm f\/2.8 @ 200mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>125 sec, f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 6400 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\nMeanwhile in Osaka...<\/span>\nOsaka Skyline at Dusk, from 30 miles away in Kyoto\n
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