foliage

well, some of you may not be surprised when i tell you that i did not get up super early like i intended to this morning...

but when i did get up i formulated my dawn project plan a little more and cycled up the hill to check out the projected spot:

and i'm a little concerned with the foliage... firstly this branch directly ahead, will that become green as you like and trash the whole shot...? and then the trees in general, will the sun be visible when it's not right in the middle...

also how high in the sky can the sun be and still be in frame? it's looking like the summer solstice sun position @ the time i'll doing it will be too high... only guesses really at this point but it seems that way...

but then the shadows will still be dependent on the sun's position, so even if the camera doesn't get the sun itself there will still be movement between the shots where the sun moves between them,

i'm tempted to cut this branch straight ahead, if i can reach it... no doubt someone will be passing directly below when i do it and i'll be sued...

also the foreground branch will mean i'll have to be very exact with the camera placement, differences between foreground & background are not fixable in software...