Anticipation, and knowing how your gear performs, plays a significant part in successful landscape photography. The early morning Met Office satellite sequence confirms the overnight cloud bank covering the country will clear the coast by dawn, and I'm in position on the Dorset Stour before sunrise, taking stock of the situation.
It's clear that the sun will break over the aforementioned cloud while still low in the sky, and the standard zoom lens I choose to photograph the scene is a deliberate choice, as I know it will produce a starburst around the sun when it appears. Most lenses will produce the effect when stopped down sufficiently, but this particular optic creates it more readily, with minimal ghosting.
24-70 f/2.8 EX DG Sigma lens. 1/160 second at f/11. ISO 400
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