Caught a wee sunrise the other morning

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On my way to work and I desperately tried to find somewhere to stop the car because in my rear view mirror was something just majestic, that rarely happens in Scotland. Always go everywhere with my DSLR (except the golf course) so it seemed my luck was in with this one.


Sunrise on the Field by paul stewart, on Flickr

A wee break from the normal posts so I hope you don't mind.

Cheers

Paul :)
 
Ive been thinking of Taking a camera to the course as so often there's a lovrly scene and a phone camera is rubbish.
 
Great picture.. I've been thinking of taking my camera with me on my daily commute.. Heading East up the M65 at dawn really does give you amazing views over the Trough of Bowland..
 
Cheers folks. Never leave home without it. Can be a pain carrying it about but you never know what the day will give you. It's an old Nikon D300 if anyones interested and to be honest I rate it higher for colour and shadow detail than my old Canon 5D Mark III.
 
Paul77 said:
On my way to work and I desperately tried to find somewhere to stop the car because in my rear view mirror was something just majestic, that rarely happens in Scotland.
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Err...get we get some terrific sunrises and sunsets over in the East :)... I often used to get up at 4:30 on the weekends to rake bunkers and catch the first light. Dundee for example is also renowned for it's spectacular sunsets, something to do with the light reflecting off the sand bases on the Tay or other. Last weekend I was driving through the meadows in Edinburgh to golf, a low mist and grand central stationesque shafts of light (that picture postcard) cutting through the trees and mist...still kicking myself for not pulling over to capture it - beautiful.
 
the smiling assassin said:
Err...get we get some terrific sunrises and sunsets over in the East :)... I often used to get up at 4:30 on the weekends to rake bunkers and catch the first light. Dundee for example is also renowned for it's spectacular sunsets, something to do with the light reflecting off the sand bases on the Tay or other. Last weekend I was driving through the meadows in Edinburgh to golf, a low mist and grand central stationesque shafts of light (that picture postcard) cutting through the trees...still kicking myself for not pulling over to capture it.
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I guess so. The sun does show face first in the neck of the woods. Watch this sunday morning about 2-3am for the full blood moon eclipse. Should be quite a sight. I prefer sunrises to sunsets. Less people around to mess up the shot. You're lucky in the east. I think it's generally dryer there too eh?
 
Walking down our 18th on Tuesday and it had been lashing it down for five mins. There was a double rainbow in the sky that angry and summery gorgeous. Took a photo with my iPhone and quite frankly it did not do it any justice.

looked stunning seeing it though.
 
Paul77 said:
I guess so. The sun does show face first in the neck of the woods. Watch this sunday morning about 2-3am for the full blood moon eclipse. Should be quite a sight. I prefer sunrises to sunsets. Less people around to mess up the shot. You're lucky in the east. I think it's generally dryer there too eh?
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wish i had a little more skill with the camera - some super shots on your flickr link- always in too much of a rush. might poke my neck out on sunday morning - should tie in nicely with the early feed :mad:
 
alexbrownmp said:
nice, apart from the pylon and blown out areas. some PP would make that pop
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Pylons were in the scene. I don't photoshop stuff out. Blown out areas? you mean the sun? No camera in the planet can expose for the sun and give an even histogram across the shot. It's been processed in Lightroom CC then in photoshop CC for final touches. This was the before and after in Lightroom before I exported it to photoshop for some localised sharpening and some other lighting effects. I don't want anyone to think that this is an out of the camera shot. No chance of that being possible with shooting right into the sun.

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When the pit shut, a guy came around the pit taking photos. Everything he did was in black and white.
we did a q and a interview for him and as a thanks he gave six of us a photo of the pit.
it was fantastic. One of the lads said "it was very dark and somber, and summed up the mood of the pit perfectly".
 
the smiling assassin said:
wish i had a little more skill with the camera - some super shots on your flickr link- always in too much of a rush. might poke my neck out on sunday morning - should tie in nicely with the early feed :mad:
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A lot of folk think you need skills with a camera. YOu just need to know what makes a good picture. The skills with the camera just require that you do right by the type of shot you're taking. Landscapes, need sharpenss front to back, and portraits and wildlife need no background distractions with a nice background blur and seperation. All done with the camera and lens combo.

The true test is being able to realise the shot in post processing. I could pretty much do anything I wanted to a picture as long as I keep my histogram in camera from touching the extreme edges of dark (left) and lights (right) If you can manage that, you've captured all the data you need to be able to do anything with the shot (providing it's shot in RAW of course)

I used to change skies, add water and all that stuff but it gets very demanding on your time.
 
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