I was hoping to make a return trip to the Utica Marsh on Sunday morning but the weather forecast had me thinking I was going to encounter overcast skies. I decided to run down tonight and see what I could capture during the sunset. The sky cooperated by rolling in a few clouds and the sun played its part well.
Framed Marsh
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/20s, 35mm, f/16, ISO 100
Orange over Marsh
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, 1/40s, 21mm, f/11, ISO 100
There was little to no wind so I tried my hand at a few bracketed sets so I could play with Photomatix. I have had some hit and miss sets lately while trying to create a nice HDR image. The first two images in this post a straight up processing with Lightroom and a quick trip into Topaz Labs Adjust. This image is a three exposure bracket with some finish processing in Lightroom.
Marsh Sunset Burst
Nikon D5100, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4, (1/100, 1/25, 1/6s bracket), 17mm, f/16, ISO 100
MLCreations Photography 
Gorgeous colors!
Thanks Barbara! Last minute decision to check out the sunset paid off.
Lovely sunset nice shot !
Thanks! I wanted to get a sunrise but I guess ‘settling’ for this sunset will have to do. 🙂
The trip was fruitful.
Definitely worth the short drive from the house. I even practiced a little patience was able to get more images… 🙂
There you go. Landscape photography is all about waiting for the light since we can only control a very small sphere of it.
Lovely light. =)
Thanks! It seemed like we had sunsets like that all week when I captured these. 🙂
are these photos edited or they came original from dslr
Some editing but no increase in saturation. Mostly cropping, contrast, sharpening, etc.