30th October 2005 : Coniston water before dawn
Well this was the best of a bunch of this shot, an early morning before dawn of lake Coniston in the Lake District, looking towards Coniston. The dawn didnt come like I would have liked, far too cloudy. No decent light.
Camera : Nikon D70
Lens : 18-70mm 3.5-4.5G ED DX
Focal Length : 18mm
94.4 seconds F16
ISO 200
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Very nice shot, Paul! Like the different blue tones a lot. Greetings from Seattle!
Marina on 31st October 2005 @ 3:05am
looks like an outer planet.
frisky? on 31st October 2005 @ 5:49am
Amazing blue tones! One of my favorite photos from you. : )
nuno f on 31st October 2005 @ 10:25am
Great shot considering the flat light and love the blue tones
Rob on 31st October 2005 @ 11:17am
Shame about the cloud cover, no night shots from here then? Love the blue colour though, very nice, and quite different.
SteveO on 31st October 2005 @ 12:00pm
Great and magical! The rocks in the middle seems like an emerging monster.
roberman on 31st October 2005 @ 12:20pm
Gorgeous shot! Those blues are just excellent. May not have been what you wanted but still a great shot. - [Chuks]
EOS Chaos on 31st October 2005 @ 12:46pm
Very cool shot Paul. I think this image is actually so strong because of the poor light. The blue colour cast is excellent.
owen on 31st October 2005 @ 1:32pm
Wonderfully ethereal --- the colour cast makes this work.
Andy Bannister on 31st October 2005 @ 6:18pm
What a beautiful scene. The light is more than perfect and the graduation right up the shot is amazing.
ROB on 31st October 2005 @ 11:59pm
Beautiful. I actually enjoy the cloud cover in this. Great blues, as everyone said.
Matt on 1st November 2005 @ 7:03pm
this is beautiful. a wonderfully aqua shot.
flying cow on 1st November 2005 @ 11:12pm
This blue owns the credits.. great one!!
michelle on 2nd November 2005 @ 12:31am
Love the overall tonality of this. Very moody.
RainKing on 2nd November 2005 @ 1:00pm
Perhaps no decent light, but amazing colours! Your passion for blue is inspiring. I really like this photo. The softness of colours and edges is awesome.
Dan on 2nd November 2005 @ 3:50pm
Very atmospheric, love it, great colours, and love that smokey water. Did you take this on the bulb setting?
Aidemedia - Dan on 3rd November 2005 @ 10:30am
The Loch Ness monster has moved to Coniston!
john on 3rd November 2005 @ 2:03pm
this rocks! love it and the hue is perfect!
mari on 5th November 2005 @ 5:14am
Oooo, wow. Absolutely beautiful! Love the mood of this shot. Perfect colorcast.
Ryan on 5th November 2005 @ 6:18am
awesome color...great landscape:-)
pixibition on 5th November 2005 @ 4:27pm
No decent light??!! are you kidding me?? This shot rocks. loving the long exposure and the composition.
ChrisK on 5th November 2005 @ 11:41pm
A very nice atmosphere. Its almost magical.
Dutch PhotoDay on 6th November 2005 @ 11:57am
Beautiful... you was dreaming with open eyes :)))
Mareluna on 6th November 2005 @ 4:56pm
this is incredible, it looks like a different planet!
jyoseph on 8th November 2005 @ 5:00am
Love this blue! It's very different and that's why I like it.
Jill on 10th November 2005 @ 3:21am
This blue is great!
Wolfgang on 11th November 2005 @ 8:59pm
Fricking beautiful.
JamesK on 12th November 2005 @ 1:09pm
sorry dan, yes it was taken on the bulb setting, 1.5 mins (94secs) see exif above.
paul on 12th November 2005 @ 1:19pm
This is just incredible. It looks so haunting. Sensational photo.
anne on 12th November 2005 @ 2:09pm
I tried taking a pre-dawn photo last week, didn't turn out anywhere near as good as this!
tuan on 13th November 2005 @ 3:18am