The first rays of sunlight...

[StephenM]

Here's another image from Lake Cootharaba last weekend. While taking some shots of the sunrise, I swung the camera around and caught the first bit of sunshine on this tree by the lake. Hope you like it.

Cheers,
Stephen

[iceman]

Stunning shot Stephen - your photography is really getting better every week.

[iceman]

The only change I would've made is to frame the tree a little more to the right, so it's on the 1/3 - rather than in the middle.

[astro_south]

Impressive shot Stephen

[Bloodbean]

Oh I really love the colours in this shot. Well done Stephen! :thumbsup:

Troy

[Octane]

This is the light that I live for.

Composition may be a bit iffy, but, I don't care. The light. The light!

Regards,
Humayun

[dpastern]

Wonderful light Stephen. I agree with Mike - a bit too centrally composed, tree further to the right would have done the trick in that respect. My main criticism is the horizon - it's not level! That's a big no no in landscape shots I believe. Our judge for last months local photography club was really critical of it.

Dave

[StephenM]

Thanks very much Mike, Andrew, Troy and Humayun! The colours did turn out nicely in this one - I think the grey clouds in the background help to bring out the colours on the truck and sand.



Good tip Mike. I agree, that would have been better. I should have remembered the rule of thirds! Next time...

Cheers,
Stephen

[StephenM]

Thanks Dave. Oops, I forgot to check the horizon! Not the first time I've made that mistake either!

Cheers,
Stephen

[lacad01]

I like it - the colours and light are great:thumbsup:
Agree with Dave on the level, that's one of my frustrations at the moment. I wish I had one of those hot shoe levels when I was away, had ordered it online but didn't arrive on time :(

[troypiggo]

Yeah, lovely light. Nice, warm feel to it. And you've handled the exposure very well.

[StephenM]

Thanks Adam. I should look into getting one of those levels as well!



Thanks Troy. Glad you like it.

Cheers,
Stephen

[spacezebra]

I love the colours that you have captured Stephen

Brilliant!

Cheers Petra d.

[StephenM]

Thanks Petra!

Cheers,
Stephen

[White Rabbit]

Great shot, that would have made an amazing time lapse.

[White Rabbit]

So I went hunting for where this was and look what I turned up. Yours is much better.

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8855273

[StephenM]

Thanks White Rabbit!

Yes, that's the tree.
Is that one of your shots, or just something you found on the web? Looks like it was taken with the sun a bit higher in the sky.

Cheers,
Stephen

[White Rabbit]

It's not my shot, I just googled the location and that site came up. The reason I was looking for the location is becuase as I said in my frist post, it would make a great timelapse subject. However central QLD is a bit far to travell from sydney.

Thanks