Early Morning Sunrise over Winterhill

[Andrew Stannard]

Hi,

Our house is blessed with a beautiful view from our upstairs toilet window! I've taken many images from here over the years. The neighbors (and probably my wife), must think me a little strange, but the results have often been worth it. I think I might release a calandar one year 'Views from a Toilet Window'.


Anyway, the other morning I was presented with the scene below. The sun just cresting the top of the ridge and lighting the underside of the clouds. The colours were incredibly rich - didn't have to boost the saturation in lightroom at all, and in fact slightly reduced it. A few minutes later and this was all lost - the brightness of the rising sun quickly dominating the scene.

Thanks for looking,

 

[fahim mohammed]

Andrew, lucky you. Such lovely views to start the day!

Put me down for the calendar when it is printed.

Best.

 

[Asher Kelman]

Andrew Stannard: Early Morning Sunrise over Winterhill​

Andy,

An unusual composition and one that works. With the sun tucked away to the left, you have brought in not only the vertical gradient of brightness in the sky but also a lateral gradient of rich saturation. This is, to meat least, original and satisfying. I wonder who else moves the sun to a subdominant position like that?

It's so hard to take great sunsets that aren't merely sentimental and totally "postcardy". Good job!

Asher

 

[Don Ferguson Jr.]

Nice view of a sunrise from a bathroom window I would probably remove the radio power towers from the scene as they would bug me .
Don

 

[Andrew Stannard]

Hi,

Thanks for the comments.

Asher - I wasn't initially too sure about the composition, but I think it works. With the same focal length I couldn't move the sun any further to the center without losing the natural finish of the hill, whilst a wider FoV gave not much horizon interest to either the left or the right, leaving everything too centered in the frame. So, a bit of a compromise, but one that I like.


Don - Interesting comment with respect to the radio towers. Not something I'd want to do personally, but I can see how this man-made element could cause issue for some.



Thanks,

 

[Mike Shimwell]

Cracking picture Andrew - and nice to have that as your view when you first visit the loo in the morning!

Interestingly, even before reading Don's comment, I was planning to say how much I liked that the mast was there centre frame - without regard to whether you would or wouldn't remove it. Whilst I'm in the not camp, I don't think that removing would improve this image.

Cheers

MIke