Stunning Sunrise, Fishing Wrecks, Fleetwood, Lancashire

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Stunning Sunrise, Fishing Wrecks, Fleetwood, Lancashire
Stunning Sunrise, Fishing Wrecks, Fleetwood, Lancashire

Here's the photo I took this morning at 4.55am (May 12th 2016) as the colours of the sunrise intensified to the receding high tide. I awoke at 3am and couldn't sleep and having checked out the tide and sunrise times and the position of the rising sun, I realised that I only had 30 minutes to arrive in Fleetwood so I quickly got up, dressed and jumped in the car. Sometimes taking the bull by the horns and making a decision on the spot with no forethought can often lead to some amazing opportunities in photographing some fantastic scenes and this was one of those moments.

These wonderful boats have been sitting on the banks of the River Wyre estuary at Fleetwood for nearly twenty years now and they make fantastic subjects to shoot. I will return again tomorrow morning as the 8.3metre high tide coincides perfectly with sunrise.

Here is a list of the websites that I use when researching my landscape locations.

The position of the rising and setting sun. Free to use on the PC but around £4.80 on Android and IOS. photoephemeris.com/

Weather website.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gctfdznqr

Tide Times. This website allows you to see the tides for the whole year as opposed to the rest of them that only give you a week's worth. Great site. www.tides4fishing.com/uk/england/fleetwood

Anyway, I hope you all like it and feel free to share if you wish.

Canon 5Ds
Canon 16-35mm @ 16mm
f9
10 secs
ISO100
LEE 0.9 ND grad soft edge filter
LEE 0.6 ND grad soft edge filter
LEE 0.9 ND filter

Gitzo GT3542XLS Tripod
Manfrotto 410 Tripod Geared Head

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Taken on: May 12, 2016
Sets appears in:   • Lancashire   
Groups appears in:   • Beautiful Capture    • Landscape_Locations   
Camera: Canon EOS 5DS, f/9.0, 10 sec, 16mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Canon EOS 5DS
Lens: EF16-35mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure Time: 10
Focal Length: 16mm
ISO: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Color Space: Uncalibrated
Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)
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