Photo of the Month: January 2015

Dreich day at Dysart

23rd January 2015, Dysart harbour, Fife

The picturesque harbour at Dysart lies beneath a high wall of natural stone which offers protection from storms. With stone piers and buildings, cobbled surfaces, old sheds and cast iron lamps, it has the ambience of a bygone age. During the winter months many of the small craft line the piers. Soon after arriving today it started to rain. I sheltered as best I could, waiting for the rain to stop, even for a few minutes, but this was more in hope than anything else.  I resisted the urge to pack up and instead set up beside the Harbourmasters House using a small reflector as a makeshift umbrella to keep the lens and filters dry.  The rain has reflected light on both the cobbles and on some of the boats which is why I was reluctant to miss this opportunity as it has given the composition an ambience which would have been lost had it been dry. 

Technical Info:

Taken with a Canon EOS 5D mkII
Zeiss Distagon T* 35/2 ZE lens

EXIF: ISO-100 / 0.5 sec / f/11
Lee filters: 0.6 Hard GND

RAW File converted to TIFF in Canon DPP, developed in Adobe Photoshop CS5 with Topaz Adjust plug-in

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