Easy, like the morning
Early morning sunlight and mist what a beautiful combination, and to be welcomed by this scene 10 minutes into our morning dog walk, what a transformation. The flats are a wetland nature reserve which are flooded in winter, but they are bordered by houses on the north side, so the mist does this scene a big favour. I took the photo as a square crop, and as I waited for the horses tail to swish I’d accidentally lowered the composition, but on an early photo I had more of the sky which helped pronounce that top layer of mist. So taking the original 3:2 photos I merged them in PS to bring in the sky and keep the tail swishing horse, the bullocks didn’t matter as they never moved. This then gave me an option of using a 4:5 aspect to bring in the bullock’s head and an interested horse in a background field. I know the square crop is the more purest photo, but at the moment I do feel these bits adds to the moment for me. BTW that wading bird in the background is an avocet. When I was a young boy my bible was the observers book of birds, and the newer edition back then started including the avocet. They first started to winter here in 1947 down in East Anglia having been extinct from our shores for 100 years, so it’s so cool to see one so close to home.
Easy, like the morning
Early morning sunlight and mist what a beautiful combination, and to be welcomed by this scene 10 minutes into our morning dog walk, what a transformation. The flats are a wetland nature reserve which are flooded in winter, but they are bordered by houses on the north side, so the mist does this scene a big favour. I took the photo as a square crop, and as I waited for the horses tail to swish I’d accidentally lowered the composition, but on an early photo I had more of the sky which helped pronounce that top layer of mist. So taking the original 3:2 photos I merged them in PS to bring in the sky and keep the tail swishing horse, the bullocks didn’t matter as they never moved. This then gave me an option of using a 4:5 aspect to bring in the bullock’s head and an interested horse in a background field. I know the square crop is the more purest photo, but at the moment I do feel these bits adds to the moment for me. BTW that wading bird in the background is an avocet. When I was a young boy my bible was the observers book of birds, and the newer edition back then started including the avocet. They first started to winter here in 1947 down in East Anglia having been extinct from our shores for 100 years, so it’s so cool to see one so close to home.