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The depth of a sunset

Noord-Brabant · NL · 15.09.2026

I caught a beautiful depth in the sunset. It turns out it was never about boosting the colours, but about contrast. With contrast I can set it up as if I’d laid film filters over what I’m photographing.

Dark reed silhouettes over the water, with a narrow band of orange light in the clouds. — 1/250 s · f/4 · ISO 125 · 35 mm · −2.3 EV

The last orange light of sunset beneath heavy, dark clouds. — 1/250 s · f/8 · ISO 250 · 65 mm · −2.3 EV

A young, reddish oak leaf among dark green leaves. — 1/100 s · f/4 · ISO 1600 · 105 mm · −1.3 EV

A decaying tree trunk up close, with rust-coloured, crumbling wood. — 1/250 s · f/4 · ISO 1600 · 105 mm · −1.7 EV

A moss-covered trunk lying in the dark woods. — 1/100 s · f/4 · ISO 1600 · 105 mm · −1.7 EV

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