Blue Mountains Sunrise Shoot Mark II

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Blue Mountains Sunrise Shoot Mark II

Postby Mr Darcy on Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:39 am

Woke up this morning & there were stars in the sky :D
Grabbed the camera & tripod (& the trusty tripod bearer) and headed up to Sublime point again.
All were taken with the 100-300 AIS. EXIF reports 200mm, but this is the value in the manual lens data. First two were 300mm. The sisters were about 200mm

Yes Virginia there is a sunrise
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This was about a minute BEFORE official sunrise. Not sure why. Perhaps altitude, non-ideal horizon, or perhaps Sunrise is defined as when the sun clears the horizon, rather than broaches it. Don't know.

Morning haze
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And just for Andrew:
I darkened the background rocks and sky to throw the Sisters into greater relief
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and unretouched
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Just as we were leaving, another photographer was arriving.
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Re: Blue Mountains Sunrise Shoot Mark II

Postby mozzie on Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:08 pm

I love the second one...morning haze. So very romantic.
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Re: Blue Mountains Sunrise Shoot Mark II

Postby surenj on Tue Oct 20, 2009 6:34 pm

You got some light at last! I quite like these. Perhaps this is why Adams produced only one good image per month.

These look a little soft but I assume it could be the resizing. I would like to see a sharper version though.

Kudos for getting there at 0610.
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