Monday, August 18, 2008

Sunset on the Ottawa River


































Dropped Chris at work last night and then headed to the Rockcliff Yacht Club on the Ottawa River located behind the runway at the Aviation Museum. I wanted to play around with the settings on my new Canon EOS Rebel XSi digital camera and try to get some good sunset shots. I went for a stroll along the river path and used the boats moored at the yacht club as my subjects. One thing I soon discovered is that as the sun (and day light) disappears, it soon becomes very difficult to hold the camera steady enough for razor sharp photos. Looks like a tripod will be my next purchase. I cropped some of these pictures using Photoshop Elements 6 and also played with the light levels to make the sunsets as vivid as possible.
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