Just to illustrate the lighting point further, these two shots where taken just as the sun rose from behind the fell it had been hiding behind for the first few hours of the day, angle would have been approx 30 degrees at this point.

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...ata/2/But5.jpg

http://www.worldphotographyforum.com...rePanorama.jpg

I've just put a link to the second as its a wee bit wide to go in the post.