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5am on a June morning, just after sunrise, found me plus camera gear stood next to the camera obscura at the far west end of Llandudno Bay, watching entranced as the first rays of sunlight illuminated the brightly painted hotels along the promenade.
I'd been up at this spot before, but not at this time of day or under these lighting conditions, and ever since I'd had it planned to come back to photograph the view at sunrise.
The sweep of the bay, from the Little Orme at the far end to where I was standing, was made for a panoramic image, and with the amazing stitching ability of Adobe Lightroom I had no qualms about shooting fourteen seperate exposures for a panoramic merge.
Mind you, I took great care in correctly levelling my tripod before starting, and making the sure the horizon was bang in the middle of the frame all the way though the pan, to make sure that the final stitch included as many of the original pixels as possible.
Also, I used a two stop neutral density graduated filter to darken the sky and balance the exposure between the top and bottom halves of the frames.
I was delighted with the final result, a real 'feel good' seaside scene.
Filename - llandudno panorama 05
Camera - Canon EOS 6D
Lens - 24-105mm zoom @ 65mm
Exposure - 1/125 sec @ f11, ISO100
Location - Llandudno, North Wales
This image - 1200x224px JPEG
Conversion - Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop CC
Comments - Panorama made from stiched exposures
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