It was Thursday morning – and fairly early for me as I had to drive to head office for a series of meetings. I had just popped into the front room to pick up my phone when a quick look through the window revealed the most stunning sunrise I recall seeing. I was just grabbing my cameras from a bag when my wife called to draw my attention to it. I’m sure it wasn’t there 5 minutes previously – and 5 minutes after these shots were taken it was completely unremarkable again. Project 18 calls for a series of shots across the sunrise – but no amount of recomposing was ever going to produce shots to match the colours or interest in these:
This first one was taken on my E-P1 using an old OM 135mm with an adapter that I received for Christmas. I’m pleasantly surprised at how easy it is to use, although in this instance I think a tripod may have been helpful as the lens is a 270mm equivalent on the E-P1 and a little tricky to focus accurately while hand-holding.
The next three are attempts to produce very different photos on the basis of framing and focal length, with slight changes in position. They were all taken with a standard 14-54 zoom (28-108mm equivalent):
The first draws on the tree silhouettes in the foreground, the second is purely about the sky and the third includes the mountain for context.
While I was at it I tried to find a close foreground object to add some variety further variety, and settled on shooting through the bars of this gate.In the second of these two shots I used the cameras on-board flash for fill, and overall I think this adds significantly to the picture.
You certainly have to be quick to catch the light the way you want it, when it can change so quickly. A dash of luck always helps! The orange in the first one is stunning. On the final pair I think, when using the fill flash, it would have been interesting to see if you had taken a higher position to allow the horizon to come above the fence and 'free' the tree from its framing.
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