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yatesphotography
March 01, 2017
Aw man, I love Durdle Door! As I'm normally working when I get down there, I've unfortunately never been able to get there during golden hour, but you've done a superb job here! Lovely colours, great framing, and the perfect position of the sun really makes it.
Bynack
March 08, 2017
Thank you for the lovely comments, I was actually very lucky to catch the sun just as it peeped out from behind the arch
Julesp18
June 09, 2017
What a creative photograph. I love that your have the light peering through the rocks. And the pathway leading the viewer to the sun. So fantastic.
Bynack
July 05, 2017
Thank you, I had to scramble up the rocks quite a bit as the sun was lower than I'd hoped
Bynack
February 22, 2018
Thank you, a bit of it depends on the camera, mine is a Canon and it has multiple shutter blades. I used a small aperture such as f22. I also remember clambering up a slippery mud bank to try to hide some of the sun behind the arch but it was setting very quickly
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Durdle Door, Dorset coast, UKTime
This was actually taken just before sunset on afternoon of January 2nd, not a sunrise which is the normal shotLighting
The door is famous for the sun rising through the arch but there is only a very small window of opportunity to photograph it which is mid December to mid January (roughly). Don't get me wrong, the photos I've seen of the sunrise are amazing, I'm just not too good at getting up early and getting to the right spot for the shot which would mean walking in rough terrain in the dark. I also had to scramble up the bank a bit and was perched on very sloping ground which meant keeping my balance was awkward.Equipment
A Canon 70D with a 24 to 105mm lens on a tripod which was on a huge slope with one very short leg, one normal leg and the third one at full stretch on a rock.Inspiration
I was taking a shot of the whole bay in landscape mode but I saw the light from the sun through the door lighting the steps down to the beach and just had to take it. Glad I did because it has given me a different shot of a very photographed view.Editing
Cropped the bottom off slightly but brought out the colours and highlights to within an inch of it's life. Having looked at it again I think I will try another, more subtle process, sometimeIn my camera bag
Camera body, the 24-105mm lens and usually the 16-24mm lens as well. A polariser, a 6 stop and a 10 stop ND filter for everyday use. On a proper photo day out we'd take two bodies (there's two of us sharing one bag) plus the set of 3, 6 & 9 graduated ND filters and possibly the 100-400mm lens depending on what sort of trip it was.Feedback
If you are going for the sunrise or sunset be sure to take a good torch as it will be dark walking there in the morning or walking back in the evening and the way back to the car is along a cliff top. You can't get your car near in the winter as access is through a caravan site which is closed.