My son and I returned to the “Scalloped Rocks” area of Bisti for sunrise photography on day 6 in Bisti March, 2019. This morning’s shoot was frustrating for me. I had a malfunction with my remote/intervalometer that resulted in the camera shooting continuously, just as I was composing what I thought would be my best shot of the morning.
Another of my shots, that I thought would be really good, turned out to have much too shallow a depth of field. It looked good in my quick review in the camera LED screen, but apparently, I did not inspect it closely enough and maybe my fingers were so cold at that time that I was not using my best judgement.
A shot across the area just before sunrise is shown above.
And another pre-sunrise shot from a different point of view is above.
While my camera was shooting continuously, due to the remote release malfunction, there were numerous images captured, which were all trash; but I decided to make use of the one above, since it has interesting abstract photographic features, which I do not think I could have purposely created.
I finally captured the image above, after managing to remove the remote release with my fumbling, numb fingers on this cold morning. Valuable time was lost as I dealt with the equipment problem and I think I missed the best pre-sunrise light composition here; but at least I got this silhouette of a window with the sunrise sky in the background, before the sun was completely up.
Some days are like this,
Ken
Photography can be frustrating at times, especially when you have traveled far and gotten up early to catch the morning light; although, I must admit, your accidental abstract was really quite pleasing! Love the silhouetted rock formations!
Thanks, for the comment, Shutterpug. I was really frustrated by the remote shutter release failure. Apparently, failure of these is not unusual. I have not decided upon a replacement, yet. I reverted to using a simple Nikon remote shutter release, which I had used with another camera before “upgrading” to a more sophisticated programable device. Sometime simple is best. I like that accidental abstract, too. Maybe I should experiment to see if I can get similar photos purposely.