St Ives at 04:30

[G2EWS]

Hi Folks,

Messing around with my D300 and asking for you to look at photos has reminded me of when I first bought my Fuji S3. Soon after I was on a break in St Ives in Cornwall in August 2005 and rose at 04:00 to go down the docks and take some photos of the sunrise.

Lens which is still in kit bag is a Nikon 70-300mm 4-5.6G

1. This was as I arrived on the docks and started to change various camera settings.
ISO 100
Focal length 18mm
Aperture f/3.6
Exposure 30 seconds at f/6.7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/C6REW/DSCF3689.jpg


2. Similar location different settings:
ISO 100
Focal length 55mm
Aperture f/3.6
Exposure 20 seconds at f/6.7
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/C6REW/DSCF3691.jpg


3. My personal favourite and after taking photos of every fishing boat that went out.
ISO 100
Focal length 200mm
Aperture f/3.6
Exposure 1/125 seconds at f/11
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/C6REW/DSCF3807-1.jpg

Again OK with criticism. This was early days with cameras and after reading a lot of books and magazines. Unfortunately time constraints have meant most of what I learnt then I have forgotten now!

Regards

Chris

[oldgit]

Your personal favourite will, I guess, be every ones of this set. Its luverly

[wack61]

No 3 for me lovely shot, I presume they put all the fish in the front of the boat on the way back :nuts:

[ed34]

#3 is definitely the pick of the set for me :thumbs:

[bsmotorsport]

3 is definately the one but two is a bloody nice one though

[onefivenine]

No 3 is superb. Nice silhouette boat. Nice tones. Really like that thin band of cloud the sun is dipping in to.

[james_death]

I like the lot but 3 is in a different league superb

[G2EWS]

Hi All,

Many thanks for your comments. It means a lot because I was very new to photography at the time and had a great time taking the photos.

It did inspire me to get up early and take a lot more. However, as mentioned time restraints on my family and business life meant that I kept photography at bay for a while.

I now have a renewed passion with the arrival of the D300 and impending Daughter's wedding in May in Cyprus where I am the official photographer!

Regards

Chris

[Techno-Geek]

I really do not believe you needed someone else to tell you that these photos were good. Some people have the nack for photography and some don't, and you. You have :thumbs:

Tony

[HanC]

These are all absolutely beautiful!! I will be a happy bunny the day that I can manage something as gorgeous as that! number one is my personal favourite :)

[Janice]

Absolutely cracking. No.3 for me.

Thats the kind of thing I am aiming for ... when I get round to it!! :thumbs: