Dawn on Portsdown Hill

PeterD-2009

Blowing a gale, but dawn cheered me up with the colours of the early morning sky.



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frg

pretty incredible colors, I like the silhouette of the antenas(?)

Eia

Yes the colors are striking. I'm used to the red/orange look. The yellow is quite different.

thapamd

A very pretty shot, Peter. The yellows are brilliant! What do you think about making this a pano by cropping out some of the sky above and the black FG below?

PeterD-2009

frg wrote:

pretty incredible colors, I like the silhouette of the antenas(?)

Thank you Francis. Yes, they are BT Telecom Antenna masts. Now also festooned with Mobile phone antenna.

PeterD-2009

Eia wrote:

Yes the colors are striking. I'm used to the red/orange look. The yellow is quite different.

Thanks. Normally the light is Red/Orange when the sun is below the horizon but as it breaks through, the shorter wavelengths of light become visible. The sun is behind the bush next to the left hand mast. What made this so different, I believe, was the very low deep cloud-base which kept the land so dark.

PeterD-2009

thapamd wrote:

A very pretty shot, Peter. The yellows are brilliant! What do you think about making this a pano by cropping out some of the sky above and the black FG below?

What a brilliant idea . I have done as you have suggested and it really works. Thank you


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thapamd

PeterD-2009 wrote:

What a brilliant idea . I have done as you have suggested and it really works. Thank you


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Yes! Now the shot is even more brilliant!