Not the same

The sunshine that had been forecast for late afternoon didn't materialise, but the seascape lit by the light of the sky alone created something quiet different. The same subject, taken almost 24 hours after the one in my last post, could scarcely be more contrasting. 

12-24mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor. 1/80 second at f/8. Matrix metering. - 0.75 EV compensation. 0.6 Lee grey grad. ISO 200

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Only just ...

Timing is everything with landscape photography, and I only just make it to where I intend to shoot from before the sky moves too far left and the sun dips below the cloud on the horizon.

12-24mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor, 1/320 second at f/8. Matrix metering. - 0.3 EV compensation. 0.3 Lee ND grad. ISO 200

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Good timing - part 2

 

Sometimes, images get temporarily overlooked in the rush to process something you know is good. Taken yesterday at sunset, I walked into this shot at the right moment to catch the minute or so of good light at the end of an overcast day.

12-24mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor. 1/80 second at f/8. Matrix metering. ISO 320

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Good timing

A few moments of glorious light at sunrise before cloud rolled in from the west and turned everything to a flat grey. One of the rare occasions that the weather forecast is spot on, almost to the minute.
 

12-24mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor. 1/80 second at f/8. Matrix metering. -0.33 EV compensation. Lee reverse grad filter. Monopod. ISO 400

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Down by the riverside

                                                                                  Trees on the Dorset Stour

 24-70mm f/2.8 AF-S Nikkor. 1/320 second at f/8. Matrix metering. + 0.3 EV compensation. ISO 100

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I went for the otters...

 

... but stayed for the kingfisher. Everybody had given up waiting and left, but once again patience and perseveration paid off. Several times during the afternoon this elusive bird kept more than a respectable distance from the photographers positioned along the Dorset Stour river. Preferring to fish from the opposite bank, any shots of this shy creature would have been of no value at such a distance.

The sun had dropped below a cloud bank on the horizon and light levels were fading fast, but finally the kingfisher flew to my side of the river bank, and I was the only one there to get the shot.

Oh, yes... there were no otters.

300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14E II converter. 1/640 second at f/5. Matrix metering. Tripod and gimbal head. ISO 1250

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Last light

                                           Boscombe Pier, from Honeycomb Beach, at low tide and last light.

12-24mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor. 1/40 second at f/8. Matrix metering. -0.3 EV compensation. Lee 0.9 Reverse Grad on the sky. ISO 400

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Blue in the golden hour

                                                 The golden hour and blue hour combined: Honeycombe Beach.

12-24mm f/4 AF-S Nikkor. 1/50 second at f/8. Matrix metering. + 0.33 EV compensation. 0.9 Lee reverse grad on the sky. ISO 100

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