Thought you might like to see the first shots processed - hundreds more to go !
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Just back from 4 days atop Huangshan Mountain in Anhui province, China. Pity the snow didn't arrive until the day I left ! It was quite cold though at -10C to -14C whilst waiting for the dawn. A week ago, after I returned, it's down to -20C and -36C with wind chill from winds up to 80kph taken into account (at 1,865m, over 6,000ft) .... so maybe it was good I missed the snowfall / blizzard !
Most work was done with bracketing the Tamron 15-30 on a D800E, mounted on a tripod of course, however the Sony A7r was always in my pocket awaiting it's chance to shine. Note that Huangshan is famous for it's occasional 'Sea of Clouds' and is the mountain seen in so many traditional Chinese paintings. I was lucky in that I saw the 'Sea of Clouds' twice (in different locations) during my 4 sunsets and 4 sunrises. Missed the snow-covered monkeys though
I should also mention that a Glory, or Brocken spectre, is very often seen on this mountain - and happened one of the day's I was there, but unfortunately in a different location to where I was set up !
The usual routine was to leave at 03.00 and trudge for 60-120 mins through the forest (night vision better than a torch at most times) before arriving at my intended shooting spot on the cliffs, set-up and then huddle down for a couple of hours kip before the action started.
So, first few out of the cooker, at sunrise, for a sense of scale the famous Huangshan Pines are between 10m and 30m high :
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Just back from 4 days atop Huangshan Mountain in Anhui province, China. Pity the snow didn't arrive until the day I left ! It was quite cold though at -10C to -14C whilst waiting for the dawn. A week ago, after I returned, it's down to -20C and -36C with wind chill from winds up to 80kph taken into account (at 1,865m, over 6,000ft) .... so maybe it was good I missed the snowfall / blizzard !
Most work was done with bracketing the Tamron 15-30 on a D800E, mounted on a tripod of course, however the Sony A7r was always in my pocket awaiting it's chance to shine. Note that Huangshan is famous for it's occasional 'Sea of Clouds' and is the mountain seen in so many traditional Chinese paintings. I was lucky in that I saw the 'Sea of Clouds' twice (in different locations) during my 4 sunsets and 4 sunrises. Missed the snow-covered monkeys though
I should also mention that a Glory, or Brocken spectre, is very often seen on this mountain - and happened one of the day's I was there, but unfortunately in a different location to where I was set up !
The usual routine was to leave at 03.00 and trudge for 60-120 mins through the forest (night vision better than a torch at most times) before arriving at my intended shooting spot on the cliffs, set-up and then huddle down for a couple of hours kip before the action started.
So, first few out of the cooker, at sunrise, for a sense of scale the famous Huangshan Pines are between 10m and 30m high :
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