Digital Camera World (2019-06)

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Early one

morning...

Our reader

Richard Timmons

arly one morning, I photographed

this scene handheld on my Canon EOS 7D Mark II

with a Canon 100-400mm lens. It’s a lake in County

Meath, close to where I live in rural Ireland. I often

go there early, as it’s a great place to catch the

light and the local wildlife.

I didn’t know the fishermen in the shot; I was just

in the right place at the right time as the fog was

lifting off the water and the sun was rising. The

exposure settings for this photograph were

1/750 sec at f/8 and ISO 400.

Our expert

Andrew James

hat a glorious bit of light you had,

Richard! Being in the right place at the right time is

half the battle with photography. The more time you

spend out and about in the ‘golden hours’, the luckier

you get. There is no doubting the atmosphere in this

photo, with the strong light from the sun and the

wisps of mist on the water and in the treeline.

I don’t know whether you shot this as a raw file:

if so, you might be able to rescue the burned-out

highlights in the sky and water – or at least tame

them down a bit, as the burnout is slightly distracting.

Compositionally I’m torn between keeping the

foreground grass and losing it: it adds some depth

but cropping it out simplifies the scene. This would

also lower the boat in the frame and make it less

central, especially if you cropped a tiny amount

from the right as well.

Finally, you need to make a tiny level adjustment,

because the dark horizon isn’t straight.

E

W

Verdict

You’ve captured

the atmosphere on

a beautiful morning

Using the boat as your

point of interest works

really effectively

Try to process the

original file and control

the overexposed areas

Experiment with

different crops to take

control of the frame

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