The old adage: In my younger days when I was in a local photographic club, one of the first advice that I was given was; avoid sunset and sunrise shots because they do not make good...

dusmif

In my younger days when I was in a local photographic club, one of the first advice that I was given was; avoid sunset and sunrise shots because they do not make good photos to talk about.
Now a days I can't resist the beautiful sculpture made by those clouds complimented by the vivid light of the sunset and sunrise time.
Here is a couple of photos I took yesterday, same subject but different in my opinion.
Do you thing that this old idea about sunrise and sunset still holds true?

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CO

I've always thought that sunrise and sunset are the best times to shoot. You get the golden light, beautiful clouds formations, and the low sun accentuates features in the landscape. Midday sun is just harsh and flat.

canondave1 Loc: Houston, TX

dusmif wrote:

In my younger days when I was in a local photographic club, one of the first advice that I was given was; avoid sunset and sunrise shots because they do not make good photos to talk about.
Now a days I can't resist the beautiful sculpture made by those clouds complimented by the vivid light of the sunset and sunrise time.
Here is a couple of photos I took yesterday, same subject but different in my opinion.
Do you thing that this old idea about sunrise and sunset still holds true?

Times have changed, I believe, and the golden hour(sunrise and sunset both) can produce beautiful images. Your photo #3 is particularly stunning, by the way!

CO

Have you tried HDR photography with sunrise and sunset photos? It can reveal more detail with high contrast situations.

dusmif

Thank you all for your replies, especially canondave1 for his kind comment.
HDR I agree that they produce stunning photos, but I am still in the experimental stage.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

This is the first time I've heard of someone being told to avoid sunrise/set photography. Something that was somewhat drilled into everything I've learned since the mid-fifties was Golden Hour photography. That would be sunrise up to a couple hours afterward and sunset and a couple of hours before. Mid-day was to be avoided like the plague. Though I can find justification for mid-day photos at certain locations.
--Bob

dusmif wrote:

In my younger days when I was in a local photographic club, one of the first advice that I was given was; avoid sunset and sunrise shots because they do not make good photos to talk about.
Now a days I can't resist the beautiful sculpture made by those clouds complimented by the vivid light of the sunset and sunrise time.
Here is a couple of photos I took yesterday, same subject but different in my opinion.
Do you thing that this old idea about sunrise and sunset still holds true?

dusmif

rmalarz wrote:

This is the first time I've heard of someone being told to avoid sunrise/set photography. Something that was somewhat drilled into everything I've learned since the mid-fifties was Golden Hour photography. That would be sunrise up to a couple hours afterward and sunset and a couple of hours before. Mid-day was to be avoided like the plague. Though I can find justification for mid-day photos at certain locations.
--Bob

In my younger days, it was so rigorous that during our monthly club photo competions nobody dared to exhibit any sunset or sunrise phots

The Golden Hour now it is called civil start and civil end.

at least that how I know them.
Thanks for your comments

Robert Bailey Loc: Canada

Whoever said that was an idiot.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Beautiful

dusmif

jerryc41 wrote:

Beautiful

Thanks Mate

cdayton

Sunsets in the desert (Tucson for us) were spectacular but after a couple of years I stopped shooting them. It wasn't that I'd captured any perfect pix but I didn't want to become obsessive about any one subject. More or less the same thing happened with cactus and I could see that happening with respect to the night sky - the Milky Way without the pollution is awesome.

cameraf4 Loc: Delaware

"Do you thing that this old idea about sunrise and sunset still holds true?" Never did! Boy, were you given bad info. Glad you didn't listen. Nice images.

dusmif

cameraf4 wrote:

"Do you thing that this old idea about sunrise and sunset still holds true?" Never did! Boy, were you given bad info. Glad you didn't listen. Nice images.

Thank you, yes lucky I didn't took that advice.

SonyBug

cdayton wrote:

Sunsets in the desert (Tucson for us) were spectacular but after a couple of years I stopped shooting them. It wasn't that I'd captured any perfect pix but I didn't want to become obsessive about any one subject. More or less the same thing happened with cactus and I could see that happening with respect to the night sky - the Milky Way without the pollution is awesome.

Sad. What some people have too much of, some have none of. I would love to do more Milky Way shots, but I have to drive 120 miles to get to a dark sky, and then wait till it comes up.

On another note, many photographers miss the blue hour. After sunset with long exposures the sky is the most enchanting blue. Awesome...

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

Very good shots.