About the photograph - Pine Island in the morning mist

 

Pine Island in the morning mist

 

Very early on a spring morning (most would call it stupid o'clock!) I was on my way to another location to capture some sunrise shots when I came across a wonderful sight. Pine Island is one of the best know and photographed locations in Connemara, and I've stopped many times to admire it, and driven past it many more. But I had never before seen it surrounded by mist before. It looked completely surreal. The other location could wait, I had to photograph this!

 

Having found a good spot to shoot, I actually found the scene quite tricky. The sun hadn't risen above the mountains so a lot of the shot was in shadow. As normal exposures and timings weren't giving me the results that I wanted, I decided to deliberately overexpose the shot in order to separate the island from the background mountains and to reveal more of the mist.

 

I'm pretty happy with how the photograph turned out in terms of capturing and conveying the ethereal scene around me.