Photography tips

Sunset

Bürgenstock mountain ridge over Lake Lucerne in violet evening light

Key tips

  1. Experiment with exposure compensation to best capture the sky colors and the luminosity of the sun during a sunset.
  2. Pay attention to the balance between ISO and shutter speed during sunset to maintain sharpness in low-light conditions.
  3. Pay attention to the ISO value during sunset to keep the shutter speed short enough and avoid camera shake.

Photographs on this topic

22 photographs with tips

The exact camera settings for each shot are shown below it - a starting point for recreating the look yourself. Click through to a photograph for detailed photography tips on that specific shot, under "Photography tips for this image".

All subjects Mountains Landscape Architecture City Lake Lucerne Lucerne Pilatus Central Switzerland
Bürgenstock mountain ridge over Lake Lucerne in violet evening light 12 mm · f/4 · 1/400 s · ISO 200 The low sun in a reddish coloured sky over Lucerne. 400 mm · f/8 · 1/400 s · ISO 400 View of Hotel Pilatus-Kulm and the Pilatus summit at sunset 24 mm · f/18 · 1/60 s · ISO 25600 Wooden railing on Mount Pilatus in front of the evening horizon 15 mm · f/18 · 1/40 s · ISO 25600 View of Hotel Pilatus-Kulm during sunset 30 mm · f/6.3 · 1/80 s · ISO 3200 View of the Hotel Bellevue and the rock formations of Mount Pilatus at sunset 24 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 2500 View of the Hotel Bellevue and the Pilatus summit at sunset 30 mm · f/10 · 1/80 s · ISO 3200 Aerial view of the buildings on Pilatus Kulm at sunset 15 mm · f/10 · 1/80 s · ISO 2000 View of Hotel Pilatus-Kulm and the summit area at golden sunset 30 mm · f/10 · 1/80 s · ISO 400 Mount Pilatus mountain range in Central Switzerland during a golden sunset 400 mm · f/40 · 30 s · ISO 400 Close-up of the stone Wasserturm of the Chapel Bridge in Lucerne with incoming sunlight 45 mm · f/22 · 1/100 s · ISO 2500 Sun disc just before disappearing behind the Pilatus massif in Central Switzerland. 400 mm · f/8 · 1/400 s · ISO 400 Snow-covered peak of Mount Pilatus in the sunset light overlooking Lake Lucerne 12 mm · f/7.1 · 1/125 s · ISO 500 Chapel Bridge and historic buildings of Lucerne Old Town at dusk 19 mm · f/14 · 10 s · ISO 64 Reeds on the shore of Lake Sempach at sunset 24 mm · f/5.6 · 1/80 s · ISO 100 View of Lake Sempach at sunset with light reflecting on the water 50 mm · f/8 · 1/1250 s · ISO 400 Atmospheric sunset over Lake Sempach with a single bird on the water 28 mm · f/16 · 1/160 s · ISO 400 View through a swimming ladder over Lake Sempach at sunset 15 mm · f/22 · 1/60 s · ISO 400 Wooden pier leading into the calm Lake Sempach at sunset 19 mm · f/16 · 1/80 s · ISO 320 Wooden jetty extending into the calm Lake Sempach under an orange evening sky 15 mm · f/5.6 · 1/500 s · ISO 100 View through a steel pier in Lake Lucerne towards Mount Pilatus at sunset 22 mm · f/22 · 1.6 s · ISO 400 Sun rays over Lake Lucerne with the boat landing 4 mm · f/1.8 · 1/1500 s · ISO 50

Related topics

  • Mountains
  • Landscape
  • Architecture
  • City
  • Light
  • Camera settings
  • Composition
  • Perspective
  • Lake Lucerne
  • Lucerne
  • Pilatus
  • Central Switzerland
  • Sunset
  • Evening light
  • Fog
  • Snow
← All photography tips