Well with the world issues that we have with the coronavirus pandemic it looks like it's going to be both a tough and boring few months for everybody. Just before the police decided that exercising the dog didn't include going anywhere in a car I snuck out to Bempton Cliffs at 5 in the morning to get a shot of the sunrise on the cliffs. Actually the sun was more in my face than I had anticipated from looking at my sun compass, but I still got the sort of image that I was hoping for. The 5DS coped easily with the DR of the scene despite shooting straight into the rising sun which was about fifteen minutes after breaking the horizon. I lifted the highlights a fair bit in post to get the effect that I wanted, so the pressure there is not from limitations of the sensor.
At this time of the year the Bempton Cliffs have the most remarkable amount of seabirds nesting and breeding - millions of them ! As the sun rose and they began to fly out the air was thick with them. There were a few puffins that I was pleased to see, lower down the cliff in the picture and I've attached a 100% crop of the image to show them. Considering this is the very edge of the frame I think the EF 35/2 IS did pretty well, although it was tripod mounted with no IS on. Tech details are 5DS with EF 35/2 IS, 100 ISO, 1/125 and f/8.
The bit of headland jutting out at the top of the image on the horizon is Thornwick Bay, and the second picture is of the Thornwick caves. This was shot on MF film, Kodak Tri X, Pentax 67, 75 f/4.5 lens with an orange filter. One of these caves just around the headland opens out into a massive hollow under the headland the size of a cathedral ! I must try to get some shots in there some time, though time is limited due to the tides. In fact I had tallied too long when taking the caves and other shots round this headland as the tide was coming in faster than I had anticipated, and I ended up having to climb up some steep rocks to get back the way I'd come, lugging heavy film equipment and tripod in the process. Fortunately there was no one about to see me looking stupid.
Hoping that all friends and associates on CR will take care and keep safe during this difficult time !