Sunday Morning Shoot!

Got up "early" Sunday morning to get a few shots of swans taking off and landing through the morning fog in Damhus Søen. Unfortunately my lack of experience didn't help me prepare. I got up to shoot at the lake at 8am, which turned out to be much too late even this close to winter. I had decided to not bring a tele zoom because I thought I could shoot the ones closer to the bank with my 105/2.8. Boy was I mistaken ... Bring at LEAST a 200mm for that kind of job. The swans were relaxing on the lake laughing at my futile attempts.

Most of the morning it was like shooting in a whitebox. No directional light and everything filtered through a layer of clouds. After shooting a bit of test shots I was lucky to get some sun through holes in the clouds. I got some decent shots (by my own standards) of the morning sun shining through the clouds, but never got the shot I had imagined. Funny enough the best shot I got was a test for movement vs. shutter speed, where I waved the camera and tried to hit some birds on the way. You can look at some of the other pictures in the Damhus Søen-set.

Random bird shot waving a camera around.