Light Lab Columbus, United States
Light Lab · tonight from Columbus, looking WSW
Dark
6:00 pm
Sun −7.2°Light about 10,400 KShadows none
Golden 4:46 pmSunset 5:24 pmDark 5:53 pm
Shadows
The sun is down: soft light, no hard shadows.
How high the sun is
The color of the light
Daylight ~5000 KSunset ~2600 KBlue hour ~10,000 K
Deep blue to black: long exposures from here.
Starting settings, when it matters
4:46 pm–5:24 pm · golden
Daylight white balance (about 5500 K) keeps the warmth. Meter the sky beside the sun, not the sun.
5:24 pm–5:42 pm · afterglow
5:42 pm–5:53 pm · blue
Tripod. f/8, ISO 100, about 2 s to start, 8 s by the end. Daylight white balance keeps the blue.
Terrain: Mapzen terrain tiles (SRTM and others)
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