Here is the east side of the King of Wings rock formation in sunset lighting. This remarkable rock structure looks quite different depending on the angle from which you're shooting and also the focal length of the lens being used. I took this shot with a 16-35mm wide angle set to 26mm, and the camera settings were 1/640, f/8, and 1000 ISO. The sun has to be almost touching the horizon for the underside of the rock protrusion to be illuminated. That makes a difference. I always use daylight white balance when shooting outdoors, and this is especially important when photographing sunrise and sunset. If you use Auto White Balance, the golden tones we love so much when the sun is low in the sky are rendered as white light. In other words, the golden tones are lost. Sure, you can bring them back in post-processing, but when you look at the pictures on the LCD monitor on the back of the camera, the color in the images will seem disappointing with AWB.
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