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Technique

Malham Moor,
Yorkshire Dales at dawn
Canon EOS-1Ds, TS-E 24mm,
5 secs at f/13, ISO 100

Chocolate Hills, Bohol,
The Visayas, Philippines
Canon EOS 5D Mk II, 24-70mm,
1/40sec at f/5.6, ISO 100

Daylight Shadows are hard, contrast is
At noon the overhead sunlight high; time was I wouldn’t
has had the shortest passage touch the camera after 10am
through the atmosphere so it is and before 4pm. But ideas
neutral in colour balance; what change and I’m confronting
we term daylight, with a colour some of my more entrenched
temperature of 5200K, give or assumptions. Sometimes the
take a few Kelvin. Generally skies in the middle of the day
speaking the hard vertical have billowing cumulonimbus
light of midday is the least and streaking cirrus clouds
favourable to work with. that beg to be captured.

Twilight bounce off the bottom of
Minutes before the sun rises clouds and down into the
and after it sets, the light landscape, and as residual
reaching Earth goes through ambient light that the
some great transformations. atmosphere has scattered. The
Whilst direct rays are absent two combine, which is why this
we are still bathed in twilight time of day is so special and
from the sun below the worth rising before the crack
horizon. That twilight reaches of dawn or lingering as dinner
us as the last rays of sunlight beckons to witness.

Loch Maree and Slioch,
Wester Ross, Scotland
Canon EOS 5DS R, 24-70mm, Dawn, Loch
1sec at f/11, ISO 100 Maree, Scotland
Canon EOS 5DS R, TS-E
24mm, 6secs at f/16,
The golden hour shower is perfect for revealing ISO 100
The contrast between the all the form, texture and scale
warm highlights and the cool of a landscape. How soft the
shadows enhances the scene light of the golden hour is
with the complementary depends on the clarity of the
colours of orange and blue. The atmosphere. Light that is too
last golden light of a crystal- soft can be too insipid for big
clear evening after a rain views but perfect for details.

The Milky Way and Night
night sky over Lago The night sky is an enticing The blue hour and virtually non-directional.
Roca, Patagonia subject, and we have the ability The residual ambient half-light This cool monochromatic
Canon EOS -1D X, 14mm, to capture it in all its glory. that either brightens as dawn twilight is a favourite for those
20 secs at f/4, ISO 12,800 Including a landscape in the approaches or dims as dusk hooked on seascapes with slow
scene as well as being in the settles has had all of the exposures of swirling water.
right place at the right time warmth stripped from it after It’s also the perfect light for
takes planning, and a truly clear being bounced and scattered night shots of illuminated
night is essential. The capability through the atmosphere. Its landmarks, when the artifi cial
of modern DSLRs to work with colour temperature is sky-high, lights of our towns and cities
minimal noise at high sensor well in excess of 10,000K, perfectly match the lingering
speeds makes this possible. resulting in a very blue light, tones of the twilight sky.

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