Sunrise over Ogwen Valley

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• Stumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

  September 25, 2016 edited September 25, 2016

  Bravo Carl! Love at first sight! Your effort was so worth it!lust
  Even thought it is not a big bother, but couple of "Jet trails" that are vertical and standout, might be zapping candidate!
  
  Cheers!

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• redleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins

  September 26, 2016 edited September 26, 2016

  Well worth the effort!

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• boco Registered Users Posts: 710 Major grins

  September 27, 2016 edited September 27, 2016

  Heel mooi van kleur en compo.
  grt,boco.

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• denisegoldberg Administrators Posts: 14,234 moderator

  September 27, 2016 edited September 27, 2016

  Beautiful!
  
  I'd love to see a shot to the right of this one. I guess what I really want is to be standing next to you!
  
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• jerryr Registered Users Posts: 595 Major grins

  September 27, 2016 edited September 27, 2016

  Very nice !

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• kdog Administrators Posts: 11,680 moderator

  September 27, 2016 edited September 27, 2016

  Beautiful sunrise and excellent location. Mission accomplished!

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• Celtic Snapper Registered Users Posts: 277 Major grins

  September 29, 2016 edited September 29, 2016

  Thanks all, I'm quite happy with it, wasn't a great sky but its given me some encouragement to do it again. Yeah, those jet trails need zapping. ok if they were horizontal, but vertically they stand out too much.
  I did a reccie a couple of days before, to see how long it would take me to climb, what my composition was going to be and where the sun was going to rise. Below is the shot I intended to get based on sunrise location, and even though its pleasant enough, its not great. But I might try it again! Battling with flare on this one too. I did get another shot later in the morning that I'm happy with it, but strangely my friends on facebook haven't given me many likes for that one, I'll post it towards the end of the week.
  
  Intended shot:-
  

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• Stumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins

  September 29, 2016 edited September 29, 2016

  Lovely location Carl! I would take an inch from top of second one if mine. Also not filters so sun star is clean and sharp. I would try to blend 2 exposure one with everything properly lit and one with sun star. JMO! Cheers m8!

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• dlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins

  September 29, 2016 edited September 29, 2016

  Celtic Snapper wrote: »

  03:45 wake up for this one. half hours drive and an hours climb to be in place for 06:30.
  Hope it was worth it! :photo
  
  

  
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• JonaBeth Russell Registered Users Posts: 1,065 Major grins

  September 30, 2016 edited September 30, 2016

  Stunning location! I'm with Taz on the jet trails and cropping. That 2nd image feels like it wants to be cropped at 16x10.

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• Celtic Snapper Registered Users Posts: 277 Major grins

  October 3, 2016 edited October 3, 2016

  Thanks all, I'll look in to cropping. Yes Taz you're right enough about the filters. I had a polariser and a ND grad in, and it added flare and softened the sun star. First time I've tried a sun star - lesson learnt!!

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