Sunsets

50mm, f4, ISO 500, 1/64

The Photo is the last of the sunlight on a residential street, and I tried to make a calm, but not completely silent, feeling. I did not take it with the lens facing the sun, but rather the effect of the late afternoon sunlight, which was still golden, on the trees, street and parked cars, as the sky gradually darkened from the warm tones of the late afternoon to the blue and purple ones of the approaching night. The fallen leaves and long avenue naturally draw the eye into the frame, and the blurry and desaturated colors also contribute to a feeling of calm of the last moments of the day. Because I used the manual mode, I had to balance the exposure between the bright sky and the darker street, and this has been a valuable learning experience to give me more control over exposure in low-light situations. In this way the image tells a story, with light, color and atmosphere conveying not only the street at sunset, but the stillness of a neighborhood transitioning from day to night and the emotion in that moment.