The Longest Day

This image was made almost the longest day of the year - there seems to be something good about making the effort to be out for sunrise when it is so ridiculously early!

Because of the huge dynamic range in the image I did something I very rarely do - I made two exposures, one for the sky and one for the meadow and blended them together

I used a wide angle lens and hyperfocal focusing to make sure i had depth of field from the flowers just centimetres from the front of the lens right through to the sun in the distance.

ISO50
17mm
f11
2 exposures

Camera:	CANON 5D MK1
Lens:	EF 17-40mm F4 L
Recording media:	JPEG (digital)

Title:	The Longest Day
Username:	thefatcat44
Uploaded:	15 Jan 2011 - 6:37 AM
Tags:	Blended, Dawn, Flowers & plants, Grass, Landscape / travel, Meadow, Summer, Sunrise
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