Pictures of Bullington Church at Dawn

Photographer	Barry Wakelin {K:7838}
Project	#20 Classic Landscape	Camera Model	Fuji S2 Pro
Categories	Landscape	Film Format
Portfolio	Hampshire	Lens	Tamron 28-75 f/2.8
Uploaded	8/29/2004	Film / Memory Type	Digital ISO 160
		ISO / Film Speed	0
Views	250	Shutter	10s
Favorites	0	Aperture	f/22
Critiques	7	Rating	5.85 / 5 Ratings
Location	City - State - HAMPSHIRE Country - United Kingdom
About	On a cycle ride yesterday I had noticed some tall tufts of grass poking out above the wheat in the field in this image and decided I'd drag myself out of bed at 5:20 this morning to see if I could catch the dawn light on them, providing a nice contrast with the darker wheat beneath. Imagine my dismay then when I arrived at the field to find that the farmer had worked all night to harvest the crop! Fortunately the freshly harvested field provided a nice lead-in to the beautiful church at Bullington and the dawn light was better than I could have wished for. The exposure was very difficult due to the brightness of the sky and field relative the the dark hedgerow and church. In the end I used a 0.6 hard ND grad on the sky and a 0.9 soft ND grad reversed to cover the field leaving the darker area unfiltered. I used an 81B warm-up to accentuate the dawn light.

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Chris Spracklen {K:32552} 8/29/2004

Wowee, Barry!!
Fabulous image!
I love the curve!
Well worth the early start!
Kind regards, Chris

Teunis Haveman {K:52914} 8/29/2004

Barry, great colours
Teunis

xy x {K:41915} 8/29/2004

marvelous landscape and scene from nature, magnificent colour tones and contrast, great impression and mood, excellent perspective and angle, great natural lines and details, remarkable composed and presented, congrats, best regards

Bradley Prue {K:30312} 8/29/2004

technical wizzardry, tremendous detail...beautiful shot, Barry! ..Brad

Guido Tweepenninckx {K:16955} 8/29/2004

nice curve in early morning shot

tom rumland {K:14874} 8/31/2004

barry, great shot! love how you've captured the symmetry in nature. the rows in the field leading to the church with matching clouds overhead is a wonderful effect. very nice and welcoming colors. i think the warming filter really topped this one off. great job!

take care,
tom

Jose Ignacio (Nacho) Garcia Barcia {K:94480} 9/8/2004

marvelous tones. 7

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