Cambridge Sunset

I had just taken this photo of a sunset, a few hours ago. This was taken from behind my house, in the bit of green right opposite Midsummer’s Common and Jesus Green. I just stood up in my room and saw this beautiful sunset outside my window. Knowing that it would not last for long, I picked up my camera, tripod and lenses, and ran off towards the sunset. It was beautiful.

Although it may seem like it has been post-processed extensively, this photo was surprisingly original. All I did was set the white balance. There was no other post-processing step and certainly no HDR work. The photo was a 30 second exposure, taken with the use of my new remote shutter. That is why you can see the floating lines above the roads, where the lamps from the vehicles and cycles passed through.

I think that I kind of like how vivid colours can get in the dark.

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Shawn Tan

Chip Doctor, Chartered/Professional Engineer, Entrepreneur, Law Graduate.

3 thoughts on “Cambridge Sunset”

  1. you see right.. with friends like you and a camera like yours i dont have any reason to buy a new camera =P

  2. haha…when i first saw the picture, before reading your post, i thought it was post-processed πŸ™‚ would have been nicer if the sky was redder though…

  3. I agree, given the standard and quality of the photos friends like you take, I stick with my amateur random shots. I was going to say the sky looks really peaceful, but then the street lights made me imagine a street party going on in the distance πŸ˜›

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