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  • Sunrise on Harting Down – Part2

  • June 1, 2009, 5:39 pm
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  • The concluding part of our early mornings


  • The South Downs Way at first light in summerToday started gloriously and by 5:15am we were back on Harting Down (not unlike Watership Down and with just as many bunnies!). More importantly we had no commitments to be anywhere before 9am :D (You may need to read Part 1 (yesterday) in full to know why such an early start). Basically, this was our second early morning trip out and this time hopefully we had a little more time and continued enthusiasm. We were not disappointed as, once again, the word spectacular fails dismally to describe being on top of The South Downs as the sun rises on a summer morning.

    Long exposure night photography


    Now, granted that our enthusiasm for more practice at night photography and long exposure shooting, seems a million miles away with winter we are certainly not wishing away the summer. It still gets dark but just needs a little more commitment to get those early morning shots! It’s still good ‘off-auto’ experience and a chance to experiment with the camera none the less.

    Anyway, we returned today to get those elusive early morning images and can certainly say we weren’t disappointed. We will get them onto the new photo wall for all to see (just finishing the last of the AJAX scripts and testing before release this week). In the meantime we include a shot across Harting Down towards Elsted (east) to whet the appetite.

    At this time of the morning there is generally no one around, most of the local wildlife is starting its day and is certainly not expecting company, which made for all the better a trip. We also managed to get some early morning shots of the ruins that can be seen from Harting Down, which we believe to be Beacon Hill? A unique and fantastically picturesque subject backlit as the first rays of dawn hit the ruined brickwork.

    Still no eye deer!


    For the second day running there was no sighting of the herds of deer currently living around the South Harting area but this will keep for another day. Ironically we did see a pair today after researching panoramic locations along the Meon Valley. Specifically we were photographing out around Weston and Ramsdean on the southern fingers of Petersfield. Maybe a few more early mornings with the telephoto lens yet then….
  • 'Sunrises, sunsets and night photography takes a little more commitment in the summer months.'
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