Seaside Sunrise

[Alex53]

Woke up at 6am to drive down to this beach with a nice rocky shore and be there before sunrise. Conclusion number one is I need better graduated filters.

C&C welcome.

#1

#2

 

[RandomTom]

Very nice composition on the first one; great capture of the skies and the orange glow, that's a good photo, but on the second it's still nice but not as good, i feel like the foreground is too dark to be an interesting focal point.

Well worth the sacrifice of waking up early though

 

[Colin_da_Killer]

Very nice composition on the first one; great capture of the skies and the orange glow, that's a good photo, but on the second it's still nice but not as good, i feel like the foreground is too dark to be an interesting focal point.

Well worth the sacrifice of waking up early though

Completely agree with this post, took the words out my mouth

 

[Broadbandplacey]

yeah lovely pictures, well done for getting up early, but they need tweaking to lighten the foreground as they're underexposed

 

[danza]

What strength filter did you use? I know little about ND grads atm (although I want to buy some), but perhaps you need something a bit stronger to darken the sky more in relation to the ground?

Both nice shots, though the sky in no.1 is really nice

 

[Alex53]

Thanks for the comments.

I have a 2 stop tiffen filter. Its just not enough when the sun is just out. My only quarrel with it is not the strength but also that its a screw-on filter, ie the horizon on it is always in the middle of the frame. I want square filters + holder so that I can slide the filter up and down as needed.

 

[themask70]

They look stunning, i quite like the dark foreground in them. I think i might buy me some ND Grad filters as it looks like you can get some really nice results.