Trees and Masts
I had a feeling we’d get a decent sunset this evening but I couldn’t have been more wrong, a mite disappointing to say the least!It was pretty windy up near Emley Moor Mast so I took the opportunity to get my 10 stop filter out and see if I could get a bit of cloud movement, notice the complete lack of interesting sunset in the background, that’s breaking the rules for ya! The mast one was taken at f/5.6 ISO100 19mm 30 seconds.
The tree was taken about an hour earlier, I was using the fence as a leading line and side lighting from the low sun. You wouldn’t believe it if I told you but when I was approaching there was a big mean looking cloud behind the tree that would have made a decent shot but alas it vanished and left me with a fairly plain blue sky.
The important lesson is not every outing is successful and this is why it’s so rewarding to eventually ‘get’ a shot, I’m told golf is similar but I don’t believe it for a second.
excellent shots, these. Can I ask what lens / filters you actually use? Also, what was your set up for the shot with the tree? Thanks
Hi Chris,
My usual landscape lens is the canon 16-35 L. I generally use a Lee graduated neutral density filter to keep the skies from blowing out, usually a 3 stop. As far as I can remember this was the setup for the tree shot, from a tripod. Lee filters can be a little pricey so a great alternative is a company called hitech, they do a set of 3 grads for about 35 quid.
I used a hitech 10 stop ND for the mast to get a really slow exposure, again a tripod is essential. Thanks for looking