It's Spring Bank Holiday in the UK and as per usual temperatures drop below average while the sun takes a holiday of its own. The best of the light is predicted to be for the first hour or so after dawn, so everything is prepared the night before for an early start. The only problem is that I oversleep and wake up at 4:40am. By the time I've had breakfast - I never leave the house without it - the sun is already up and I'm missing valuable shooting time.
I initially planned to visit the remaining swan's nest that still has the eggs to hatch, but at the last minute decided to give it and the swans a break.
At this time of year the sun, once it's up, rises almost vertically into the sky and by the time I arrive at Fisherman's Dock, Poole Harbour, there is little of the good light left. So, using a super-telephoto lens I opt for graphic effect and the compression of planes. Long focal length optics can impart a claustrophobic feel to a scene (picture), with the impression of subjects being piled on top of each other - known to photographers as telephoto compression - but there is several hundred yards between the boat at the bottom of the photograph (PE21) and the Condor Vitesse catamaran at the top. It should also be noted that both vessels are at sea level, although the one in the background seems to be on a higher plane that those in the foreground.
300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor. 1/400 second at f/11. -0.33EV compensation. ISO 400. Monopod
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