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The Green Bridge of Wales (Explore)
Taken on a recent trip to Pembrokeshire, I rose early to try and capture a seascape. I had read that there were some wonderful sea stacks in Pembrokeshire, The Green Bridge of Wales being one.
I arrived before sunrise after driving through the Castlemartin army tank training area, and parked along the Pembroke Costal Path. The sea stacks are fantastic, and I captured this scene as the sun rose above the bridge. I don't usually take sunrises directly, I'm normally pointing my camera in the opposite direction, but this image works for me? I'm not sure if it's the subtlety of the sunrise, or the bright sea, darkening as it nears the viewer?
I have not exposure stacked this picture, I worked on the highlights, slightly under-exposing them, and then pulled up (brightened) the shadows in post. In-fact, I just took a few exposures and then through trial- and-error worked on which exposure was the easiest to recover in post. I've never liked the look of HDR photos and often struggle with both exposure and focus stacking - something I need to learn - but then modern digital cameras, even a crop sensor in the Fujifilm X-T4, have such huge dynamic range, you often don't need to exposure stack.
I like this scene, even though it is very Instagram-esq, it's calming and a change from what I have been capturing since starting photography two years ago.
... oh, and there were four Choughs (Raven like birds with red beaks and legs) in the parking lot on my return. It's my understanding they are quite rare but are recovering/breeding well in the area?
See more photos on my website Composing Colour
My recent highlights:
www.oliverstainer.com/highlights
My travel photographs:
The Green Bridge of Wales (Explore)
Taken on a recent trip to Pembrokeshire, I rose early to try and capture a seascape. I had read that there were some wonderful sea stacks in Pembrokeshire, The Green Bridge of Wales being one.
I arrived before sunrise after driving through the Castlemartin army tank training area, and parked along the Pembroke Costal Path. The sea stacks are fantastic, and I captured this scene as the sun rose above the bridge. I don't usually take sunrises directly, I'm normally pointing my camera in the opposite direction, but this image works for me? I'm not sure if it's the subtlety of the sunrise, or the bright sea, darkening as it nears the viewer?
I have not exposure stacked this picture, I worked on the highlights, slightly under-exposing them, and then pulled up (brightened) the shadows in post. In-fact, I just took a few exposures and then through trial- and-error worked on which exposure was the easiest to recover in post. I've never liked the look of HDR photos and often struggle with both exposure and focus stacking - something I need to learn - but then modern digital cameras, even a crop sensor in the Fujifilm X-T4, have such huge dynamic range, you often don't need to exposure stack.
I like this scene, even though it is very Instagram-esq, it's calming and a change from what I have been capturing since starting photography two years ago.
... oh, and there were four Choughs (Raven like birds with red beaks and legs) in the parking lot on my return. It's my understanding they are quite rare but are recovering/breeding well in the area?
See more photos on my website Composing Colour
My recent highlights:
www.oliverstainer.com/highlights
My travel photographs: