Probably my favourite shot from this morning. Wanted something a little different, and the wedge shaped rocks made this composition work quite nicely.
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Another sunrise shot from Craster this morning.
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Quite happy with this, other than the slight banding on the sun. It was such a long exposure that the sun was actually rising during the shot, so very hard to predict the correct exposure! More from this morning’s trip to Craster here.
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The only half-decent long exposure I managed in Blyth this morning. After my last shot of these posts was ruined by light leakage through my filter kit, I was determined to get a good shot of this today. It’s okay, but lacking atmosphere.
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My long exposures weren’t working out well this morning due to the low tide and a very calm sea, so I focussed my efforts on the dramatic clouds that were building up over St. Mary’s as the sun rose.
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It was raining cats n’ dogs in Blyth this morning, so I took refuge under the pier. The angles and lines are great down there, though the colour is very drab and grey - hence the black n’ white adjustment!
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If like me, you enjoy nothing more than heading down to the beach at magic hour to capture the sunrise (or indeed the sunset), it's helpful to know where the tide will be. I found this excellent iPhone app that can help...
Not only is World Tides 2010 extremely easy to use, you can also bookmark particular stretches of coast that you might visit often. Extremely helpful!
Craster at Sunrise.
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The weather was beautiful up at Craster this morning. This was one of the better shots of the morning - my first trip out with my sister Phillippa. I think I could do with a couple of additional grads to give me more choice - I only have 3-stop Hard and Soft, which means really dark or nothing at all!
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Seeing the new GAP logo, kindly pointed out to me by one of our lead developers this morning, makes me wonder if Riff Raff are in the wrong business. Brand design is clearly a market with more budget than sense!
I'm not sure if this was a tragic case of design-by-committee or some kind of visionary enigma that only the branding elite could possibly appreciate, but I imagine that someone was duped into paying a vast sum of money for what can only be described as 1990's Clipart!
The colour of the sky this morning was so much better than last weekend, which is just as well, since I chose a really crappy section of beach to photograph - I had to settle with a sunrise shot. I feel like I’ve turned a corner; I’m starting to get decent shots like these straight out of the camera now - very little tweaking needed in Aperture.
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I’ve tried photographing planes at air shows, and I’ve never been great at it. Certainly now that I’ve ditched my zooms for a single prime lens, it’s out of the question these days.
But I’d like to point you in the direction of some amazing low-flying fighter jet photography by Stevie Bainbridge. Breathtaking!
