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by David Rees » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:18 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00
Charles,
Thanks for your thoughts on this picture. I try to avoid the use of ND grads, mainly since I'm so inept with them. In this case, I metered for the clouds and sky, and let everything else fall naturally, since the dynamic range of the scene was less than 4 stops. Lucky accident, more or less.
What is annoying for me about this photograph was that I was trying to capture the moment when the dawn sun just breaks the horizon; when it happened, I pressed the shutter release, and there was no click -- I'd forgotten to cock the shutter! Doing so cost me 10 seconds, and the picture I really wanted. BTW, I could swear that at the moment the sun came up, it was green, not gold -- and I fluffed the chance to find out. Went back the following day to try again, but there were clouds blocking the dawn. I'll get it one day though! In the meantime, I still like this one, but it reminds me of "the one that got away".
Regards,
David.