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Piedras Blancas Lighthouse Thunderstorm Sunset Photo: A dramatic photograph of the Piedras Blancas Lighthouse taken at Sunset during a thunderstorm. Photography Tips and Tricks: Many elements have to come together to make a great sunset photograph. It helps when God provides some interesting clouds to light up with breathtaking colors. It's quite hard to capture any detail in people or objects when photographing sunsets because most everything is backlit but like you can see here silhouettes can add a lot of interest give some depth to the shot. If you are attempting to take a portrait or add some detail to the subjects in the foreground of a sunset photo you can compensate for the backlighting by using your flash and cameras spot metering mode. Click the button below for an example and instructions for methods to compensate for the backlighting connected with sunset shots.