Y garn Sunrise

[Danny-K]

On Friday evening i was sat in the car ready to go for sunset locally, but found my self feeling meh. I sat in the car for 20 mins out side the house looking at forecast's. It then dawned on me i haven't been to Ogwen for a while so i checked the weather and it looked ideal. I went back inside repacked my gear in to my rucksack and set the alarm for 2am.

The walk up the south east ridge is quite steep. steeper than what i thought but i managed to get to the summit in an hour 40 minutes.

It was pretty cloudy on top for a while and the wind chill was quite fresh but soon wore off once i started wandering around.

1.
South East ridge by Danny Kenealy, on Flickr

2.
moody edges by Danny Kenealy, on Flickr

3.
Yr Wyddfa by Danny Kenealy, on Flickr

4.
Y garn to Tryfan by Danny Kenealy, on Flickr

 

[SFTPhotography]

See with No 1 -I'd crop it to remove the sun - it pulls the eye somewhat.

Not much wrong with 2 and 3 for the type of picture. I like 4 and the conversion it it seems a bit foreground heavy - the interesting stuff lies beyond the foreground.

So my pick is one, with a slight crop. Good picture.

 

[CCS_Photography]

I agree with photo 1. It’s a fantastic picture but the sun does distract. I love the colours in photo 3, really soft warm tones. That is my favourite.

Great work!

 

[JohnFar]

The composition of 1 and 4 is much stronger than of 2 and 3. I like the sun in 1, but would desaturate the red around it a little. What's 4 like in colour?

 

[LongLensPhotography]

1st one is the best and you absolutely need the sun and warm reds in the frame (otherwise why bother with sunrise?!). That's what makes it not miserable.

edit: in fact it just needs 5-10% more sky above the sun. Even if you don't have it is rather simple pattern and should replicate well in PS.