3 Sunstar sunset over creek

[Chrislaf]

Here's a sunset taken with my Mavic 3 Pro a couple of nights ago over a frozen creek. The temperature during shooting was between -8ºC to -11ºC. Thankfully I had my transmitter mitt to keep my hands from getting too cold.

Chris



24mm, 1/320s @ f/8

 

[GFields]

Awesome photo!

 

[Chrislaf]

Thanks.

Chris

 

[Filmarik]

Here's a sunset taken with my Mavic 3 Pro a couple of nights ago over a frozen creek. The temperature during shooting was between -8ºC to -11ºC. Thankfully I had my transmitter mitt to keep my hands from getting too cold.

Chris

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24mm, 1/320s @ f/8

I can feel the cold just by looking at the photo, brrrrr. Nice photo though. F8 has created very nice sunstar.

 

[Chrislaf]

Thanks.

I experimented with a number of aperatures all the way down to f11 and using HDR shots (to increase dynamic range). Ultimately the best shot of the evening was the second one of a 5 shot AEB set. I was trying to get a sharp sunstar, while reducing lens flare and get a good composition all while trying to do this quickly enough so that my fingers and the rest of me did not get too cold.

I don't have any intentions to update to the Mavic 4 Pro since I don't have enough scenic areas to justify the upgrade, but I have to wonder if the improvements in the wide camera would make the sunstars even more defined for a similar shot.

Chris

 

[Filmarik]

Thanks.

I experimented with a number of aperatures all the way down to f11 and using HDR shots (to increase dynamic range). Ultimately the best shot of the evening was the second one of a 5 shot AEB set. I was trying to get a sharp sunstar, while reducing lens flare and get a good composition all while trying to do this quickly enough so that my fingers and the rest of me did not get too cold.

I don't have any intentions to update to the Mavic 4 Pro since I don't have enough scenic areas to justify the upgrade, but I have to wonder if the improvements in the wide camera would make the sunstars even more defined for a similar shot.

Chris

Firstly I do not think that the improved camera on M4P would make the sunstar look any better. Aperture is mostly responsible for nice sunstar and you used f8 wisely to achieve that effect. For wast landscape shots I personally prefer 24mm over 28mm. So by upgrading to M4P you would loose fair bit of field of view. Anyway, your photo is very nice with good composition too. If it was mine I would probably bring more of the ground detail out which would also bring out more of the color and definition in the tree tops. But that's just me and I respect your way of presenting this lovely photo.

 

[Chrislaf]

Thanks for the tips. I do appreciate them. I might try a bit more editing in photoshop. I’m not a photoshop expert and I tend to like to preserve the natural look of the original scene rather than making it into something it wasn’t but if you want to have a go at the image I can share the original DNG from my Google drive.

Chris

 

[Filmarik]

Yeah

Thanks for the tips. I do appreciate them. I might try a bit more editing in photoshop. I’m not a photoshop expert and I tend to like to preserve the natural look of the original scene rather than making it into something it wasn’t but if you want to have a go at the image I can share the original DNG from my Google drive.

Chris

Yeah, I will give it a go, no problem.
You can send me the link via private message if you'd prefer to do it that way