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Morning at the lake

NIKON D600

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Aperture f/14.0 ISO 100 Shutter 10/300 Focal Length 160/10

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Feb, 2015

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Behind The Lens

Location

The photo was taken on the opposite side of the lake, where I was catching the sunrise. The sunrise was not what I was expecting, so I decided to go explore a bit around the lake in the morning light, and did this random shot, which I was not quite happy with it at the time ...

Time

It was taken in the morning light, about 30 minutes after sunrise ...

Lighting

I was not happy with the light (because I was expecting to get a shot of sunrise), but after a few shots I decided to go with several expositions, just to catch the movement of the clouds ... which I merge after in PS, all the other was just natural light (the sun was from the right side) ... well, I can just say it was worth exploring the other possibilities ...

Equipment

This was shot with NikonD600 on tripod, with an 16-28 mm (f/2.8) lens # 16 mm, f/14, 1/30 sec, ISO-100 ... and no filter at all ...

Inspiration

As always ... it was all about the moment, that I couldn't let go pass away ...

Editing

I don't usually do a lot of post-processing, just some basic adjustments, and I also took most of my photos in jpeg format, and without filters on the lens. I strive to the point, to make an image on the field ... so in this case I did a minimum crop, some basic color adjustments of the tone and a bit of contrast (not much) ... and I merge several layers of the sky which I blurred after in motion ... I like my images to have more colors (I also most of my photos take in "vivid" settings, as I did this one) ...

In my camera bag

Almost every time I have all my lenses with me in my bag ... you just don't know what you'll find on your way, and sometimes you get nice surprise like this one in front of the lens ... usually when you are least expected it ... so I have in my bag: Nikon D600 and Nikon D5100 (for backup), 16-28 mm (f/2.8), 50 mm (f/1.8), macro 105 mm (f/2.8) and 70-300 mm (f/4.5-5.6) ... and of course tripod and remote control ... so, I don't mind the extra weight to carry around, even if most of the time I use 16-28 mm and macro lens ...

Feedback

Simple advice ... when you see something, don't let it pass away not to grab a chance for a shot, even if you are at the spot for another reason. Time is passing and beauty is all around us. Just stop, take a shot, explore and go on ... it's easy.

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Morning at the lake

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