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The Welsh Dragon's Breath



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Taken with a ND (big stopper) filter to capture the clouds movement. Processed in PS to get the colours right

Taken with a ND (big stopper) filter to capture the clouds movement. Processed in PS to get the colours right
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cameraNIKON D610

settings Aperture f/14 ISO 100 Shutter 46/1 Focal Length 240/10 

upload_dateSep, 2015

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2 Comments |
nandicmb
 
nandicmb November 05, 2015
Congratulations on your Contest Finalist win in Image of the Month Photo Contest Vol. 2!
t-Sqd
t-Sqd November 10, 2015
Thanks :)
rthornhill
 
rthornhill November 13, 2015
Incredible photograph!
t-Sqd
t-Sqd November 28, 2015
Thank you :)

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#sunset #sun #wales #vlleys #trees #tree #green #yellow #fire #red
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Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken in beautiful Wales nr Devils Bridge

Time

This was taken about 1 hour before sunset

Lighting

This was all about the light and and waiting to see what happened

Equipment

Camera niton d610 24-105mm nikkor lens shot at 24mm Lee big stopper ND filter, tripod and shutter release.

Inspiration

Having spent 24 hours in Wales I had walked to the top of the hill with my son without the camera and decided that it would have been a great place to watch the sun set. So after waiting a couple of hours I trudged back up the hill with all my kit and sat down rather miffed as I couldn't see the sun for all the clouds.... but I stayed and waited as it was a long walk. So sat there the clouds started to part and I was rewarded with this shot. With the ND filter I was able to keep the shutter open much longer and able to get the movement in the clouds and also while I was sat there with my finger on the shutter I was watching where the sun trails were appearing on the fields. It was not until I got home and the images onto the computer that I could actually see what I had actually managed to take it was a long 10 days before I managed to get them uploaded but it was worth the wait.

Editing

This was a single raw image so I had a vast amount of data to work with, started with the usual saturation contrast etc... and after that there wasn't much more than that that needed doing.

In my camera bag

Nikon d610, d5100 several lenses and tubes. Tripods, LEE big Stopper ND filter.

Feedback

Main thing with this one was right time right place if I had not stayed and just thought sod it it's not worth waiting because of the cloud I wouldn't have got anything. Sometimes it pays just to sit back and watch the world go by.... you never know what could happen.

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