North Landing
Mar, 2018Views
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This is the iconic North Landing at Flamborough Head I had parked up in the car park here to try and capture sunrise at Queen Rock a sea stack that stands in the shadow of Breil Newk about half way between here and the lighthouse but the weather forecast got it wrong again it was quite a dull morning but on the way back to the car I noticed the light trying to break through so stopped here and decided to try a long exposure.Time
I set off out about 6:30 am 10 minute drive to Flamborough 15 minute walk to Breil Newk I spent about half an hour at Breil Newk then packed up feeling a little disappointed, I arrived back to here about 7:45 after setting up and taking a few other shots it was about 8:13when I took this shotLighting
it was quite a dull morning so I just used a 1 stop hard Graduated neutral density filter to balance the exposure I also used a 6 stop Neutral density filter to create a four minute shutter speed to give the sky some movement and to flatten the sea plus a circular polarizer to enhance the colours and remove some of the glare from the seaEquipment
I used a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with the EF17-40mm f/4L USM mounted on a tripod with a cable release, Lee filter holder with the little stopper 1 stop Neutral Density Filter and Circular PolariserInspiration
I have captured images of this cove before so when I was on my way back from my planned shoot feeling quite disappointed with the light I noticed the light breaking through the clouds so I stopped and peered over the cliffs Usually I only capture the two front boats when I use this location but I quite liked the composition with the five boats.Editing
Import to lightroom click the remove chromatic aberration and enable profile corrections boxes then a slight curves adjustment lastly in the basic tab lift shadows, reduce highlights shift click whites and Blacks and adjust white balance thats it for lightroom I then export to photoshop where I remove any dust bunnies before a levels adjusment then I use neat image to reduce noise and thats itIn my camera bag
Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EOS 7D, EF17-40mm f/4L USM, EF 24-105mm f4 L IS USM Lens, 0.3, 0.6 x2, 0.9 x2 hard graduated Lee filters, 0.6 ND filter, Big Stopper, Little Stopper, Circular polariser, landscape circular polariser, manual white balance card, misc cleaning productsFeedback
Even though I plan meticulously checking the weather forecast and tide times you cant always rely on the weather forecast so a good knowledge of the location and surrounding area is most advantageous but this shot was just about taking advantage of a little luck with a break in the clouds and knowledge of the location
