Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Winter Sunset
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 8 February 2012 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
A cold and misty winter sunset on the beaches of North West England.
This was a handheld shot using 4 stops of neutral density graduated filters - 2 of these filters were used stacked on my wide angle lens. Without them those lovely ripples in the sand were far too dark when I exposed for the setting sun.
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Links to the websites of other photographer friends (and the world famous Michael Kenna!) whose work I admire:
Michael Kenna
Hugo Poon
John Leech
Ian Smith
Mike Spriggs
@tim /\ʌ°: Thanks for that Tim!
6th March 2012 Edit - Tim, have you read the book: "The Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing"?....it's worth reading for those interested in exploring the essence of art in photography.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tao-Photography-Seeing-Beyond/dp/1580081940
@Christian Richer: Thanks Christian!
@Bill Brown: Thanks Bill!
@Sergei Z: Thanks Sergei!
@OpenSpace Images: Thanks!....yes. it was in that fog on Monday which lasted all day.
@janina: Thanks Janina. I'm lucky that the 16-35 zoom lens that I use has 'vibration reduction' so 1/15th of a second is a very safe shutter speed, especially at the 16mm end of the lens. Hand held shutter speeds as low as 1/2second are possible but I have to concentrate very hard on technique and breathing etc which isn't very relaxing!
@Serenagooner10: Not many beaches in Manchester are there!! :-)
It's from the west coast near Southport.
@Ryan Hammond: Thanks Ryan - it's one of my own favourites too and is on the wall as a framed print at home. (It's from Crosby beach by the way!)
Re the photo trip - it was a real pleasure photographing with you for those couple of days in north Wales and NW England although I'm not sure that I was able to 'teach' you anything as it's clear you were already a great photographer.
This image has been featured in 4 Remix collections.
Nikon D700
1/15 second
F/16.0
ISO 500
16 mm (35mm equiv.)
