The light as I was driving to work this morning was astonishing. As the sun crept above the horizon the South Down valleys transformed into a burning red glow. But I was driving so there's no picture. In the few minutes it took me to get to Falmer Village the light had already shifted. It was slightly overcast, but the red tinge (no longer quite so vivid, and certainly less bright) lingered. This is the best I could manage, at an eye-watering ISO 3200.
The sun did hang around, and by lunchtime things were looking good. I caught this heron (probably the same one as in the morning) as it flew across the pond, with almost perfect back-light.
Later still in the day (and again no photo), a spectacular sky dog appeared. These are rainbow 'patches' caused by light refracting through ice particles. Although not uncommon, today's was by far the brightest and largest I've seen. I did rush to get the camera, but in the couple of minutes it took me to get back to where the camera was stowed the sky dog had gone. Beautiful to see, and so ephemeral.
One final shot, from lunchtime: a very bold pied wagtail.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
gdare
14 Dec 2012Pied wagtails usually don't let anyone come close :up:
SittingFox
14 Dec 2012I missed the sunrise that morning, but the heron photo is great even if the hue had lightened by then :up:
Words
16 Dec 2012Adele, we've been lucky with the light, at least some of the time. The forecast for Monday morning is promising. Not too sure about the rest of the week.
Words
16 Dec 2012Darko, the wagtails are quite bold. If you keep still they are quite happy to come in range.
gdare
18 Dec 2012Originally posted by Words:
:doh:
Words
19 Dec 2012Darko, I'm revealing secrets now :whistle: