Tangalle Sunrise - Sri Lanka
...had to drag myself out of bed at 5.30am for this...:P
...had to drag myself out of bed at 5.30am for this...:P
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Contest Finalist in Water And Rocks Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Orange Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Weather Event Photo Contest
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edazz
July 26, 2012
Excellent capture, exceptional color tones, POV and composition! Awarded for "Absolute Masterpiece" and favorite!
annthedane
July 26, 2012
Out of bed early huh..too funny! BUT WOW very well worth it...this shot is fabulous! Love it!
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texaaronpueschel
April 25, 2013
I bet you are glad you did drag yourself out of bed. This was worth it. Good job.
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RuwanFonseka
November 12, 2013
Congrats on winning. Great composition and detail. But this must be sunset….
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Pauljeno
May 28, 2014
Now that is very very nice indeed. Needless to say a picture of extreme high quality and standards.
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timpryce
August 14, 2014
Certainly worth the effort of getting out of bed for the early shoot. Great shot :)
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JyoScapes
July 26, 2016
Oh wow! Love the image. Makes me want to walk right into it and step in that water flowing beside the rocks.
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Location
This photo was taken in Tangalle - South of Sri LankaTime
I woke up around 5am for this and had my gear all ready and then started clicking around 5.45am. This was taken between 5.45am and 6amLighting
I wanted the Sun rising from behind the trees so that i get the warm orange early morning lightEquipment
I used a Manfrotto tripod + Hoya 77mm GND filter + Canon 10-22mm UWA lens + Remote release. This was shot on my 1st ever camera - a Canon 550D - a very basic crop sensor camera. SS 1/5, f/4, ISO 400.Inspiration
I was new to photography. And i had bought my canon 550D camera may be 2 months before this click was taken. I went around London doing some test clicks and was also watching youtube videos of how to do landscape photography. So when i went on holiday to Sri Lanka i really wanted to put in to practice what ever i had learned from youtube. So this is one of my 1st ever clicks in Sri Lanka - the aperture I had set for this Landscape click is f/4 lol - sorry, I was an amateur! I should have actually set an aperture of f/11. When I got home i figured out the image wasn't as sharp as I had liked - Only then did i realize my mistake; However, this picture is my most favorite picture to date, even though I have since sold 2 of my cameras and now I use a professional Canon 5DS. This picture is a good example of "You don't need a great camera to take great pictures!"Editing
Yes i clicked RAW and did some basic post processing like increasing saturation and clarity and also increasing the shadows.In my camera bag
Canon 5DS, Canon 16-35 f/4, Canon 35mm f/1.4, Hoya GNDs, Lee CP filters, ND filters, Remote release, 4 Canon BatteriesFeedback
Planning is essential. I just didn't turn up here and click. The day before i took this click i woke up at 5am and walked around the coast and got a sense of where the sun was rising from, what time was it rising at, and at what angle was it rising. I also was looking for a large rock (like seen on this picture) so that i was able to place my UWA 10-22mm Canon lens just few inches away from the rock - so to enlarge the rock using the UWA lens. Once i selected the rock i wanted in the picture i spoke to a few locals to also get a feel of the place. Then next morning i woke up at the same time and headed to the exact place where i selected the rock; I was all set with my tripod by 5.30am - from the previous morning i knew the sunrise was going to be around 5.45am. so i started clicking from 5.45 to 6am using a remote release. The only thing i forgot to set was f/11 - It would have been an even more crispier image had i done it...but the main thing is "learning from my mistakes"
