Sunset

Photographing into the sunlight as while photographing a sunset or sunrise can be tricky. But once you know what to do, you can cut down on numerous issues listed below:

• Lens flare - If your shooting directly into the light the lens hood will not work, in this case try shift the angle of your lens, try and point it facing the sun or light source and this will help cut down on flare.
• Dust spots - Shooting at a smaller aperture will increase the depth of field and amplify sensor dust on your image. Clean your sensor after every few lens changes or shoot with a large aperture. 
• Light spots - Shooting towards a light source will amplify dust on your lens. Clean your lens both front and rear elements, additionally clean the front and back of any filters you will be using.
• Ghosting - Using a filter with no anti reflective coating will bounce light between the filter and the lens glass. Either remove the filter entirely or install a filter with anti reflective coating.
• Over exposure - If you meter for the foreground, your sensor will brighten up the scene causing over exposure of the sky. There are many solutions to this, some being HDR, Graduated ND filter, the easy fix is to use live view mode and adjust your exposure to correctly expose the scene. 
• Under exposure - If you meter for the background and the sky, your sensor will darken the scene causing the foreground to be underexposed. There are many solutions to this, some being HDR, Graduated ND filter, the easy fix is to use live view mode and adjust your exposure to correctly expose the scene. 
• Color cast - I prefer to photograph in RAW mode, this gives me the freedom to adjust white balance (WB) later during processing. However, from past experience, setting the WB to cloudy or shade had brought about better color to my sunsets/sunrises.
• Blur - Use a tripod. If hand holding -the general rule is to use a minimum shutter speed equal to the reciprocal of the focal length of the lens (if your using a 35mm lens then the minimum shutter speed should be 1/35s). Note: turn off Image Stabilization (IS) on the lens if you are using a tripod.

Camera Setting: ISO100, f/22, 30s