Interesting Photo of the Day: Sunset Over Lofoten, Norway

Interesting Photos  •  Sunset Photography

The internet is unquestionably full of sunset photos, all stunning in their own right. But every once in a while you come across a real knockout. Tobias Richter, for example, has taken this standout image of the sun beginning to retreat into the horizon over the Lofoten archipelago in Norway:

A View of thesunset from Reinebringen Peak. Photo by Tobias Richter. (Via 500px. Click image to see full size.)

Richter managed to create this beauty on a Canon 5D Mark II, using a focal length of 16mm, while setting his aperture to f/16 at a low ISO of 50. The shutter speed was a lengthy full second long. Richter says he uses either a neutral density or graduated neutral density filter in nearly all of his images to help achieve lower shutter speeds and a higher dynamic range.

“It is my intent to capture the beauty of untouched nature…”