Sunrise

[amit_behindthecamera]

Hi,
In this pic, there is a beautiful spread of clouds/fog across the landscape and then you have the sunrise but by the time the sun has risen above the level upto which it can be seen it is kind of more bright than the conventional sunrise brightness. So I have that extra brightness and how can I try to avoid that? Maybe my camera's shutter speed was not enough?

Thanks.

[Booter]

anyway, did you use a tripod?? the land in the forground looks a bit blurry. I think it means a lot in these types of shots. You could have tilted the camera just to get the clouds level perhaps.

[mountaintreker]

I am not quite sure what you are talking about, but here goes I will give it a shot as to what I think your mean. If you are talking about the brightness of the sun you are right it will be real bright and beyond what your camera can capture successfully and frankly even what your eyes can tolerate. If you include the sun in this image it will be blown out and very bright and it will affect your image. It is not what I would call side light,soft light or front light. It is back light in it harshest form, more like you looking into the sun and having to squint because you can't tolerate the brightness. Well you camera also has a hard time coping with the brightness so it blows the sun out much like you having to close your own eyes or be blinded. That amount of light blinds your sensor it can't take it so it blows it out. A remedy in this shot would be to change your camera angle and not include your sun. The sun at this time of the day can provide some interesting side light in your scene and it is among one of the best times of the day to photograph landscapes. Just don't aim at the sun because is not hidden behind something so your best bet would be to use the low light coming from the sun onto the fog or mountains or what the ever the sun is illuminating and not include the sun itself. I hope this helps.

Mountaintreker

[i_luv_ph0tos]

suggestion.. try to straighten your horizon...