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David Paterson

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Four images of a dawn
« on: September 23, 2015, 11:23:53 »
This scene is so near my house, it's irresistible. Awake early, sky a livid red, throw on some clothes, grab cameras, throw cameras and dog into the car, drive (too fast) for three minutes, walk/run for one minute, and I'm shooting just ten minutes after waking up. The beautiful dark red is already gone from the sky but who's complaining? Not me, anyway!
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2015, 11:27:57 »
Serene and beautiful.
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2015, 11:32:26 »
calm and awakening. it's all about composition...
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2015, 11:51:46 »
These scenes make you wake up early.
Lovely to see!
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John Geerts

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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2015, 12:15:09 »
Impressive, the perfect wake-up-call  ;)
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2015, 12:18:33 »
Thanks very much, Elsa, Erik, John and Jakov.

If I hadn't woken up, needing to go to the loo, none of us would ever have seen these!   ;D
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2015, 13:13:41 »
You are lucky man!
Beautiful!
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Andrew Iwanowski

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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2015, 15:23:29 »
Quote from: David Paterson on September 23, 2015, 12:18:33
... needing to go to the loo ...

Boy, am i glad you went outside and shot the sun rise  ;D

Great set of pictures, i particularly like the fourth one for its composition with the sticks mimicking the background hill/mountain.
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2015, 16:18:04 »
Beautiful! That is a nice place to be retired but not tired.
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2015, 09:32:26 »
Thank you, Andrew, Hans and Peter for your kind comments - greatly appreciated.
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2015, 23:57:54 »
   How did you get those red colors in the first one?  I've shot sunrises that look similar in color to that, but that is not the way they show up in the images  I take.  I've tried different WB using Kelving temps and everything.
They really look good.
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2015, 00:14:27 »
Quote from: DaveO on September 24, 2015, 23:57:54
   How did you get those red colors in the first one?  I've shot sunrises that look similar in color to that, but that is not the way they show up in the images  I take.  I've tried different WB using Kelving temps and everything.
They really look good.

Thanks, Dave. As far as the colours are concerned, I didn't do anything special, and I certainly didn't change the hue of anything - the colours are actually very accurate to what I saw when I was shooting. Dynamic range was extreme so I did a lot of contrast control using selection tools plus "curves" and "shadows/highlights" in Photoshop after raw conversion in Nikon Capture NX2. If you are doing raw conversion in ACR or other software that might give you different results to what I got with NX2.
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2015, 02:50:10 »
Spectacular images Dave, especially #1. You have preserved the colours so well.

Great vantage point - you knew exactly where to go for these!
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2015, 07:32:25 »
Yes, #1 looks the best because not only the color, but this should be THE scene that inspired you.

As for the color, this kind of red, dawn or sunset, would last only a couple of minutes.  The satulation usually will be lowered all too quickly.
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Re: Four images of a dawn
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2015, 09:09:33 »
Super stuff Dave. Cant get the thought out of my mind of you standing at the lakeside in your pyjamas?  ;D
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