This evening I had a short drive over to St. Peters Campus, where the parking is currently free because of COVID-19. I had a blissful walk along the River Wear, seeing sights of the boats, sculpture trail and Wearmouth Bridge as the sun was setting in the distance behind the block of flats. The sun cast a gorgeous glow onto the grassy hills on the trail, warming the atmosphere up, lifting my mood. The map below shows the location of Wearmouth Bridge as well as the location I was in to take the photograph of it.
I had the idea of using the HDR setting in my camera, as I had tired a different method of this in the morning. My camera took three different exposures and merged the photos together, but this took quite a while to do, even though I have a fast memory card in. I thought this has worked out quite well until I zoomed in the photos my camera produced when I saw the motion blur I had created from not using a tripod. Top tip: always bring a tripod when creating HDR shots, whether it is in camera or merged in post production software! After that slight mishap, I shot the rest of my photographs normally with the intentions of using the sun as a way of drawing the eye into the photograph. I made my aperture small at f/16 so I could create a sun flare, as well as have the rest of my photo be in focus with the extensive depth of field.
After finding out about the walking trail, I am going to go discover more of this area as I have never been along to the National Glass Centre or discovered the rest of the art that is dotted all around this part of Sunderland. I will go with plenty of time to spare so there is enough light for my photographs.
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