A More Perfect Sunrise 6:49AM
On a previous sunrise, a Flickr friend said something about perfection and I said something about always hoping for a better one. I didn’t have to wait long.
I can’t explain this rash of beautiful sunrises — much less in June. June is not known for beautiful skies in Georgia. It’s known for being hot, hazy and humid. I always return to one of my mantras about life: You can’t get lucky if you don’t show up.
Nikon D5100 -- Nikon 18-300mm 6.3 ED VR
18mm
F8@1/125th
This has to be one of the best sunrises I ever photographed. I took the first frame at 5:52 and shot almost non-stop until 7:30 — well after sunrise. I’ve got plenty of individual pictures from the past to match anything I got this morning, but for the diversity of looks and the length of time is was interesting, this is one of the best I’ve ever seen. I shot over 900 frames and kept 135 frames on the first edit. What was most interesting was how evenly lit many of them were — the lightest exposure and darkest exposure (I bracket) of a scene were both acceptable. That’s quite unusual for me.
No, I don’t have any idea what I’ll do with all of them. Yes, I am a very lucky man to get to do this every day.
(DSC_7419)
©Don Brown 2016
A More Perfect Sunrise 6:49AM
On a previous sunrise, a Flickr friend said something about perfection and I said something about always hoping for a better one. I didn’t have to wait long.
I can’t explain this rash of beautiful sunrises — much less in June. June is not known for beautiful skies in Georgia. It’s known for being hot, hazy and humid. I always return to one of my mantras about life: You can’t get lucky if you don’t show up.
Nikon D5100 -- Nikon 18-300mm 6.3 ED VR
18mm
F8@1/125th
This has to be one of the best sunrises I ever photographed. I took the first frame at 5:52 and shot almost non-stop until 7:30 — well after sunrise. I’ve got plenty of individual pictures from the past to match anything I got this morning, but for the diversity of looks and the length of time is was interesting, this is one of the best I’ve ever seen. I shot over 900 frames and kept 135 frames on the first edit. What was most interesting was how evenly lit many of them were — the lightest exposure and darkest exposure (I bracket) of a scene were both acceptable. That’s quite unusual for me.
No, I don’t have any idea what I’ll do with all of them. Yes, I am a very lucky man to get to do this every day.
(DSC_7419)
©Don Brown 2016