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Miner's Sunrise

Miner's Sunrise

The autumn sun rises at Silverhill Wood, Nottinghamshire, UK. (October 2015)

The autumn sun rises at Silverhill Wood, Nottinghamshire, UK. (October 2015)
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Digimax A5

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Aperture f/6.7 ISO 71 Shutter 1/92 Focal Length 81/10

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Nov, 2015

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Although I am quite proud of this photo, I feel that if I had taken a higher viewpoint I would have captured more of the distant landscape, and possibly been able to make the photo appear as if the central source of light (the sun) was emitting from the miner's lamp.

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