I made 138 photos last week to get this one photo.
Began making photos at 6:35 p.m. as the sun moved toward the horizon on a very cloudy day.
This photo was made at 8:11 p.m. about 15 minutes before sunset.
Why did it take me so many photos to get this one good one?
Spent most of those 90 minutes shooting with a 50mm tilt-shift lens and a 35mm f1.8 attempting to isolate focus on the sign and not the surroundings. Some were effective but less than good.
The sky was constantly changing density and color as rain clouds moved around and past the scene but without any hitting the sign. Made multiple exposures with varying density on the middle tones to hold both highlight and shadow details.
That alone took a lot of time and I knew the information I learned would make it possible to make a good photo later.
Eventually, I opted to not use the other two lenses and went back to the 28-75mm f2.8 lens.
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