Illumination

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• korbee (13651)
• [2009-10-19 12:40]

Amazing picture,rather noisy but not disturbing at all Bev,thee rainbow looks great,perfect cd-cover.

jan

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• graffer (805)
• [2009-10-20 2:11]
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Hello Bev,

This is another of your fine misty morning images.

The strong diagonal of the fence and the bushes, makes a good lead-in from the bottom right. It takes us directly to that patch of strong light, just to the left of the rainbow, which is the focal point of the picture.

As in your last posting, we see the three-layered effect of ground, mist and blue sky.

To be technical [I can hear you groaning here!], there is a bit of noise due to the ISO 800 setting, and the 1/800 sec exposure time shows that you could have got away with less. However, it's always easy to be wise after the event. I suppose this is the sort of shot the experts say, where you should use a tripod. A damned nuisance to carry, and it makes you look a bit of a prat!

I have done a WS for your consideration.

Kind regards,

Peter.

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• jean11-3 (4717)
• [2009-10-20 8:37]

Hello Bev,a pleasant minimal scene.
I like the little hedge that starts in the corner of the shot and disappears into the mist.
Subtle colours; the light in the centre is quite unusual, and as you say, the rainbow is struggling to show off its colours.
Well observed.
Tfs, regards Jean.

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• tyro (3929)
• [2009-10-20 16:13]
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Hello, Bev.

Well, you're really going to town here on these wonderful "morning mist" shots! I love them and am jealous because I've had to be at work early (driving in in the dark) only later to gaze miserably out of my office window at the sun clearing the mist and wish I were somewhere like this to try to get some good pictures. Roll on retirement.

I like this one and, again, it's the lighting which makes it. But I have to agree with Peter (graffer). It's just so difficult trying to keep your eye open for a good picture and having to check and double-check the darn camera settings at the same time. Mind you, I thought women were supposed to be better at multi-tasking than men?

I also liked Peter's comment about looking a 'prat' when parading about with a tripod. I couldn't agree more. It might be all right in a quiet setting such as this but I recall taking a picture (on TE) of St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh late one weekend evening with my tripod set up with camera and shutter release, having to run the gauntlet of drunk young revellers debouching from pubs and nightclubs: in such a situation, there's nothing quite like having a friend or relative to accompany you, especially if you can find that rare individual who isn't always complaining of the cold, being fed up and bored or just wanting to go home!

By the way, Bev, I like your picture!

Kind Regards,

John.