An English African Dawn Photo

Photographer’s Note

What a start to the day! Alarm at 4:30am, arrived near location at 5am, and then a half an hour of walking until i arrived here.
Brading Marshes is an area of land that is at sea level, therefore it gets plenty of early morning mists.
In this photo i was stood on the edge of a some woodland (that was filled with bluebells) looking northwest across the marshes, but i felt like i was in the African Tundra, and i could easily imagine a lion creeping across the field!

I used no filters and only a slight S in the curves in post processing.

abulafia, tomszat, BitterMoon, Glint, ku-fotak-chtik has marked this note useful

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SNOOP_Chan (850) 2008-05-02 2:32

It really looks like the african savanas, well captured, and a really spectacular view, tfs.

abulafia (4802) 2008-05-02 2:35

Yes what a start!
Stunning view, I like the subtle colors and all the different layers in the picture.
Really nice work
Harry

dkeus31 (26497) 2008-05-02 2:40

Hi Jamie,
very nice image, the foggy atmosphere creates a nice ambiance.
nice layers also
regards
didier

tomszat (1135) 2008-05-02 2:48

Hello Jamie,
Very nice capture, I like the various layers and natural colours, very nice composition,
regards,
Tomasz

janneman (1262) 2008-05-02 2:59

Lucky you with such a start of the day!
I like the soft pastels in the clouds and the several horizontal layers in you photo. Supperb composition!

BitterMoon (2776) 2008-05-02 3:04

Hello Jamie

Indeed,what a start of a day!.
That tree makes the impression of African Tundra.
Nice atmosphere.
From my point of view...much much better as natural instead of the use of I don`t know which filter creating effects and saturated colors,fake colors actually...looking unnatural.
Nature is beautiful how it is...no need to fake it or...etc,etc.Nothing against of the use of filters BTW.

It`s a beautiful morning...very well done.

My kind regards

davide72 (323) 2008-05-02 4:15 [Comment]

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Glint (3110) 2008-05-02 18:42

hello Jamie,
This is really nice. The colours are an understated delight, the tree is perfect and of course the mists give atmosphere. I also like the pinky morning sky and those funny shaped clouds.Well worth getting up for!
regards
Bev

ku-fotak-chtik (1132) 2008-05-12 7:45

Well done Jamie! I can imagine what you felt there, because it is coming from the pictrue to me too. You didn't capture just a picture, you captured a breathing atmosphere. Good job. Regards Jirka

lopshang (628) 2008-05-13 18:53

Hi Jamie

It seems that waking early paid you really well. The shot came out very amazingly beautiful. Those mist over the landscape and rumbling clouds over the bg is looking very good. Well praised composition.

Regards,

Lopshang.