I spend most of my time trying to get better photos of fish I catch on the side of a river. Currently I have a small flexible leg tripod and use the selfie camera and voice commands on my phone to line up the shot for a quick picture. I've noticed that having the sun at an angle produces better color than when the sun is directly behind the camera (colors get washed out and glare is high). I also just read your tip to underexpose the photo and edit later instead of using the HDR feature which I will definitely be trying. Given my specific scenario, do you have any other tips or specialized gear you could recommend?
Another question: my grandparents front porch overlooks a valley and the sun rises over the mountains directly across, which makes for some spectacular sunrises. Any tips for shooting/exposing pictures of sunrises? If the clouds aren't just right it's pretty easy to mess up the picture with a huge bright sun. Too early and the pictures are dark, too late and the sun blows it up.
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I spend most of my time trying to get better photos of fish I catch on the side of a river. Currently I have a small flexible leg tripod and use the selfie camera and voice commands on my phone to line up the shot for a quick picture. I've noticed that having the sun at an angle produces better color than when the sun is directly behind the camera (colors get washed out and glare is high). I also just read your tip to underexpose the photo and edit later instead of using the HDR feature which I will definitely be trying. Given my specific scenario, do you have any other tips or specialized gear you could recommend?
Another question: my grandparents front porch overlooks a valley and the sun rises over the mountains directly across, which makes for some spectacular sunrises. Any tips for shooting/exposing pictures of sunrises? If the clouds aren't just right it's pretty easy to mess up the picture with a huge bright sun. Too early and the pictures are dark, too late and the sun blows it up.
And thanks for doing this!
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