Sublime and Beautiful Sunday - Sunrises
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Those who have followed me for a bit will know that for me the most beautiful aight and start of the day is catching a sunrise, for me it is so refreshing and indeed sublime
Lets me start with sunrise just as the sun is about to peak over the horizon on the beach in Fort Tabor Park here in New Bedford
Sony A7iv 19mm F11 1/160 Sec ISO 100
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You may or may not have noticed I often use F11 Aperture for my morning sunrise landscape shots and perhaps I should talk about that a bit
F11 is often called the goldilocks setting for landscape photography. When shooting a vast scene, you usually want everything—from the wildflowers or more often than not for me sand at your feet to the distance across the water to look crisp and sharp.
Using a narrow aperture like f/11 creates a deep depth of field, ensuring the entire frame stays in focus. It is widely considered the "sweet spot" for most lenses; it’s small enough to capture immense detail front-to-back, but not so small that it causes "diffraction," which can actually make your photos look blurry. It’s the perfect balance for high level clarity.
and then after talking about all that I used F9 for this next shot LOL still on the beach but closer to the pier on another day
Sony A7iv 17mm F9 30 Sec ISO 100
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Back to F11 for this next shot, and on a beach but another one, just outside of the fort is East Beach, a very popular beach during the day in summer, but mostly deserted early morning when I visit there
Sony A7iv 17mm F11 1/4 Sec ISO 100
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and this last shot taken from on the harbor walk and looking across the water towards Fairhaven
Sony A7iv 17mm F11 1/4 Sec ISO 100
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