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Early Morning Clyde

I was on my way to work yesterday when I saw this wonderful view of the Clyde and as the river was very calm, the reflections were fantastic. I think the clouds really help with the atmosphere as well.

I took this photograph using my iPhone 16 pro and I honestly think it is one of the best photographs that I have taken to date. I really like the composition and the overall colour tone of the photograph. I have not edited the image in any way, or cropped it at all for size.

I took the photograph at about 07:15, just minutes before the sun came over the horizon. This just reinforces to me the advantage of shooting at first or last light in order to get the best possible light for my photographs.

This is something that is not always possible for me to achieve however, as I do not drive and have work and other responsibilities that make it difficult for me to have these times of day free for shooting.

I think this photograph just goes to show how the line is being blurred between professional cameras and those found in our smartphones.

Beginnings

Like a lot of us, I having been taking snapshots for most of my adult life. Most of this was either using a 35mm instamatic camera or over the last few years, my smartphone.

Towards the end of 2023 I began to look more seriously at photography and after reading everything that I could lay my hands on and watching numerous videos and online beginners courses, I eventually opted to purchase a Nikon Z6 ii mirrorless camera with the NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens. This was quickly followed with the NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8 S lens and then the NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8 S lens. This meant that I now had the holy trinity of telephoto lenses.

Typically, life then got in the way and I only managed a few sporadic outings with my camera. I was pleased enough with some of the results that I am now planning on knuckling down and getting out with my camera much more often.

Whilst I have a strong affinity with landscape photography, travel is still a bit of an issue for me for a variety of reasons. This means that I do not want to lock myself into any one particular genre of photography.

I enjoy architecture and street photography as well. This means that I can take a wide range of photographs and I suppose eventually I will find which I prefer.

I am very much an amateur and I am still learning the in’s and out’s of post-processing. I hope that by getting out more and taking a greater number of photographs, this will give me much more experience of this side of photography.

I opted to use ON1 Raw as my editor of choice and so far I am pleased with the results. I try to stay away from the AI side of editing and instead stick with using the sliders etc.

So that is a brief (kind of) intro and we will see how this website and my photography develops from here.