Saturday 28 September 2013

Sky streakes

Weather changes are often announced by interesting cloud patterns in the sky. Yesterday a transition set in to colder weather with easterlies. Early in the morning the sky above my local patch was dotted with altocumulus streaks. I choose a more or less symmetrical composition with the horizon in the middle to emphasize the open space and to create a clear vanishing point. In order to create a more balanced exposure I manoeuvred the rising sun behind a little tree and used a neutral density hard gradient filter of 2 stops.

* Canon EOS 5D Mark II, 17-40mm/f4 @ 17 mm; ISO-200, f16, 1/80s; -0.3 stop; 2 stop ND hard gradient filter; tripod.

3 comments:

Jowan said...

Wat kleurt die lucht mooi bij dat oranje! Misschien toch een idee dat ik er ook eens ga kijken, het is zo dichtbij.

Gerard Schouten said...

Krijg je geen spijt van Jowan; ik heb er al heel wat uurtjes doorgebracht en het blijft me verrassen.

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