A red sunrise from the smallholding

This week I feature another set of photographs showing the dawn from our smallholding showing the view over the Cambrian Mountains. It is not often we get a dawn like this with a rich red sun underlighting the light cloud cover. But when we do, the show is fantastic.

The first photo above shows the reds and yellows of the clouds with a small reflection in the ornamental pond in the garden (the white thing on the right is the dovecot). The second image below is a wide format shot concentrating more on the wonderful colours in the clouds - they really were that stunning!



This third photograph concentrates just on the clouds, showing the intricate patterns reflecting the red sunlight. I could look at these for hours...




These photographs were all hand-held, supporting the camera on a window frame.
Camera: EOS350D
Lens: EFS 17-85mm IS
ISO: 200
White Balance: Daylight
Exposure: f5.6. Shutter varied from 1/13 to 1/50sec

Sunrise over the Cambrian Mountains

I am fortunate that I live in a beautiful part of the country. The front of our house overlooks a shallow valley (carved by glaciers in the last ice age) and onto the Cambrian Mountains. These mountains are not high (they have been worn away by countless ice ages), nor rugged, but are gentle, rounded, accessible hills.

On a fine day with the right cloud they give spectacular sunrises. This week I am showing some images that I have just loaded into the gallery. They were all taken within minutes of each other from our front garden one November morning. I like the way the yellow turns to gold that turns to red. This is then complemented by the sky and clouds that have soft blue-grey tones.

This second image was taken in a different part of the garden. The cloud pattern is different although there is only minutes separating the photographs.





The third photograph concentrates on a smaller area of the view. This looks more reddish but still has a wonderful set of tones in the picture.



More photographs can be seen in the gallery.

Technical details:
Camera: Canon EOS350D
Lens: EF 17-85mm IS lens
Exposure typically: 1/60 @ f5.6

More sunsets

I am having a 'thing' about sunrises and sunsets at the moment. This week I am showing some more images that have been loaded into the gallery. The first photo is a similar shot as one I showed in the previous post, but without the birds but with more foreground and dark clouds. For this shot, I was standing on a hedge bank, leaning on a telephone pole, overlooking a neighbours property. This was taken in May.


The second photograph was taken from just a few yards away on a different evening, but pointing to the right in a north-easterly direction. The colour of the sky was totally different - pale pinks and lilacs.





This third image was taken from the same point as the first but a few months later in August. This has the same yellow and golds, but different cloud patterns give a different feel - there is no heavy cloud overhead.


More photographs can be seen in the gallery.

Technical details:
Camera: Canon EOS350D
Lens: EF 17-85mm IS lens

Sunsets

I have just made a start going through a number of photographs taken at dawn or dusk. Today I am featuring a few photographs taken at sunset or dusk from my smallholding in mid Wales.

The first photo, shown above, is the sun low in the sky taken on an August evening. I like the pinkish-yellow tone - it is almost monochromatic. This photo was taken from one of the lower fields looking roughly west towards slightly higher ground.



This second photograph was taken from a neighbour's field adjacent to out smallholding. It shows the sky after the sun has dipped below the horizon. I think the two birds flying past add interest to the shot.The view is roughly north-west and was taken in late May.

The third image, below, was taken early one November. I like it for the almost symmetrical aspect with the lone shrub on the horizon. The pink sky is genuine - it was what made me take the photograph in the first place.



More photographs can be seen in the gallery.

Technical details:
Camera: Canon EOS350D
Lens: EF 17-85mm IS lens