Sunrise this morning

[nick francis]

Got up early this morning to capture the sunrise, about 7 ish in Southernn Spain

[arej]

nick francis said:

This one especially is excellent.

[nick francis]

thanks for the comment, I just noticed how much the horizon slopes!

Nick

[RichTbiscuit]

You can use Adobe Lightroom to adjust the level of the shots in seconds. I would also invest in a ND grad filter as the top and bottom shots the blown highlights in the sky/sun have unfortunately ruined an amazing set of shots.

[nick francis]

RichTbiscuit said:

You can use Adobe Lightroom to adjust the level of the shots in seconds. I would also invest in a ND grad filter as the top and bottom shots the blown highlights in the sky/sun have unfortunately ruined an amazing set of shots.

I actually used various ND and ND grad filters for the set to contain the ever brightening sunlight. Shot 3 is an HDR image which does need blending with one of the donor images to ressurect the blown hightlights.I have roughly 60 images to play with when I get the time.

Although I have Lightroom I prefer CS4 for photo manipulation but as yet these shots have only been imported to Bridge, some merged with Photomatix and then resized for upload to Photobucket.

[oobster]

The 2nd image is indeed a cracker. Worth the early rise!

[paul911]

Nicely composed set, agreed on # 2 as a fav. As you’ve said straighten the horizon.

[CrashTD]

any chance of No2 for download? Amazing photo and I would like it as a background

[Lambochick]

I think #2 is great too. Hope you don't mind but I've had a go at straightening the horizon.

[muppetdave]

Not keen on the boats being visble in the first two, but that said the sky is lovely in those pictures.

[nick francis]

muppetdave said:

Not keen on the boats being visble in the first two, but that said the sky is lovely in those pictures.

yeah I know they are a bit distracrting, maybe I'll remove them before I process the shots for printing.
These tankers been moored off shore for over a week now, they looked quite stunning when I arrived for the shoot, it was quite dark and they were lit up like xmas trees against the dark but lightening sky. Pity I didnt bother with a longer lens , Id got my 16 35 mm all setup with the Cokin filterholder anyway

[LukeBird]

Lovely shots!