Week 49 - Glow
"The First Glow of Morning"
There's a story to this one, which I'm going to tell you whether you want to hear it or not!!
I've wanted to get a sunrise shot of Corfe Castle from West Hill for quite some time, with the castle standing proud above the mist sitting in the valley. It's a classic, perhaps clichéd shot, but so beautiful I have to get it one day.
Anyway, The theme was announced, there was mist on Saturday morning, more forecast for Sunday, and the ephemeris said the sun would rise in the perfect position, so it looked like it just had to be done.
Only problem; we had guests on Saturday night, and Corfe is a two hour drive from home plus 45 minutes to climb the hill. I didn't fancy a 3.30 am start, so told our guests I had to leave at 10 to camp - handy, because these people tend to outstay their welcome anyway!!!!
So I left at 10, drove to Corfe, climbed the hill, and set up camp for the night, setting my alarm for 6.30am.
(this is not my submission, just some context for you!)
W49 - Camping.jpg by
MarkBerry1963, on Flickr
Lovely morning, but not a touch of mist (plus Mandy texted me to say the guests didn't leave 'till nearly midnight anyway!)
Anyway, I managed to get this shot (view it
BIG for max impact), which I'm quite pleased with, despite no mist, and I had fun camping!! Hope you like it
W49 - Morning Glow.jpg by
MarkBerry1963, on Flickr
Self crit; there's too much noise, resulting from having to bring the shadows up quite a lot on the foreground. I had ND grads on, but they didn't hold the sky back enough, and I didn't want to do HDR. I think I need some good hard ND's.