Dawn Fog and Ash Clouds
Mt Agung at dawn east Bali. The volcano had been spewing ash cloud during the night hence the black horizontal cloud formation. Fog sits in the Batur Caldera be...
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Mt Agung at dawn east Bali. The volcano had been spewing ash cloud during the night hence the black horizontal cloud formation. Fog sits in the Batur Caldera between the view site and Mt Agung around 15km away.
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Location
This shot was taken in Bali from Kintamani. It features Gunung Agung volcano which is 17km away. Luckily there was a beautiful blanket of fog in the Kintamani crater in the forground.Time
I got up at 3am to capture this shot driving about 2 hours to get to this spot well before sunrise. On the way there was light rain and at one stage I was tempted to turn around and go home! I persevered and was rewarded by this beautiful sunrise.Lighting
There was a high dynamic range in this shot between the rising orange sunlight and the foreground cloud blanket that was still in shadow. I took 3 shots at different exposures to blend this final shotEquipment
Sony A7Mk2 Sony 70-200mm f4.0 TripodInspiration
Gunung Agung is Bali largest volcano. It had been erupting intermittently for the least few weeks. It’s 60 years since last eruption so I was determined to capture this unique event. I travelled up to Kintamani at least 10 times early morning and on two occasions I got some epic shots. 2017. It has not erupted since, thankfully for Bali.Editing
Yes. Photoshop CS6. Main challenge was to exposure blend this shots to capture what was a high dynamic range scene. I manually blended in Photoshop. I don’t like automated blending software which often gives strange results.In my camera bag
Sony a7 M2 Batis lenses fixed 18mm, 22mm Sony 24-70 f2.8 Sony 55mm 1.8 Sony 85mm 1.8 Sony 16-24 f4Feedback
Aim to be in the Right place Right time Right gear And Relax, don’t rush shooting. This needs a lot of planning and a lot of luck. Like fishing!
