For those who have read my blog consistently, you will have read about the 12 Significant Images Project. 12 Location over the 4 seasons, in theory gives 48 images. I’m not sure if I’ll get an image from each season for each location but I’ll give it a go. The final output of this is a “zine” a digital magazine that will include the 12 best images from the 12 locations.
In all honesty I have neglected this project a little of the last few months. The ending of formal lockdown and the urge to do other things means the project took a back seat. But I guess it is a 12 month project and having chatted with the other members of the group doing the project its clear that the rules are set by ourselves, so I have cut myself some slack on this. I joined the last group webinar and felt suitably motivated to get out and do some more work on the project.
Sunrise (Saturday 6th November)
It was Saturday morning when I eventually woke up early enough to go out to photograph a sunset at Parrswood Bridge. It was dry and there were plenty of clouds and I was hopeful for some colour in the sky. I guess I was lucky that it stayed dry as I didn’t get any real colour in the sky.
The image here is open of about 25 that I shot that morning and in all honesty its the last one that I shot that day. I has actually packed my camera away and was about to head off for breakfast, but then I saw this composition. This was taken with my Sony A7iii, with the Sony 16 to 35mm F4 G lens.
I noticed when I arrived that the bank of the river had been cut back a lot and the foliage was quite short in comparison to what it had been like in the summer months. Maybe this was design or maybe it was just Mother Nature doing her thing. Either way I was able to get closer to the edge of the river than previously, which I quite liked. This would allow me to get a Leading Line and try to bring in some of the other elements around the bridge.
I also quite liked the idea of slowing down the shutter speed to try to smooth out the river a little bit as well blurring the clouds in the sky. So the Lee Little Stopper filter and the Circular Polariser were all added to the front of the lens. I really like how the reflection of the big tree and the surrounding bushes are all visible in the river. I do like this image, who knows it might make the final Zine.