The Sun Rises in the Morning
The Sun Rises in the Morning
It’s time to start the day a new
As I stretched this weary body,
I gave thanks for being alive
Ravens soared an acrobatic display
Sunlight danced across the Arizona desert
In a short while I would be heading west
To see something grand, a canyon of the Colorado
Another park to find
And adventures awaits.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one morning from the motel I was staying in Holbrook, AZ, just outside of Petrified Forest National Park. I'd seen ravens flying about a few minutes earlier as I started loading my rental car for the next stop on that vacation trip. With the sunlight seemingly dancing across the high Arizona desert, I was mesmerized by both the birds flying and the sunlight coming from the east. Therefore, my thinking in composing this image was to capture both. Metering the image was a little more involved as as I knew there would be a high dynamic range, given the bright sunlight as well as the more shadowed areas nearby. I exposed for the highlights, knowing I could later pull the shadowed areas out in post production. One thing I did want to minimize was the lens flare coming across any image capture. What did remain, I was able to heal out using Photoshop. I then made some adjustments to contrast, saturation, and brightness using DxO PhotoLab 4.
The Sun Rises in the Morning
The Sun Rises in the Morning
It’s time to start the day a new
As I stretched this weary body,
I gave thanks for being alive
Ravens soared an acrobatic display
Sunlight danced across the Arizona desert
In a short while I would be heading west
To see something grand, a canyon of the Colorado
Another park to find
And adventures awaits.
Another work of short poetry or prose to complement the image captured one morning from the motel I was staying in Holbrook, AZ, just outside of Petrified Forest National Park. I'd seen ravens flying about a few minutes earlier as I started loading my rental car for the next stop on that vacation trip. With the sunlight seemingly dancing across the high Arizona desert, I was mesmerized by both the birds flying and the sunlight coming from the east. Therefore, my thinking in composing this image was to capture both. Metering the image was a little more involved as as I knew there would be a high dynamic range, given the bright sunlight as well as the more shadowed areas nearby. I exposed for the highlights, knowing I could later pull the shadowed areas out in post production. One thing I did want to minimize was the lens flare coming across any image capture. What did remain, I was able to heal out using Photoshop. I then made some adjustments to contrast, saturation, and brightness using DxO PhotoLab 4.