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16-OCT-2004

10/16/04 - Before Sunrise

Call me dumb, but I finally figured out that the best colors are before the sun actually rises. OK, up 30 minutes earlier - as if getting up for sunrise wasn't early enough. When I retired, I was planning to sleep late.

This is another "extend the dynamic range" shot - shoot one for the shadows and one for the highlights and then combine the best of each by using a density mask.

Nikon D70 ,Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G ED-IF AF-S DX Zoom
1/8s f/11.0 at 38.0mm hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time16-Oct-2004 07:14:08
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D70
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length38 mm
Exposure Time1/8 sec
Aperturef/11
ISO Equivalent
Exposure Bias-2.00
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest 08-Nov-2004 11:15
Beautiful colours
Paul Walters23-Oct-2004 17:03
Amazing! The colors awesome!
petesie17-Oct-2004 14:35
Hard lesson, well learned. (In contrast, sunsets usually get more vivid after the sun sets!) This is awesome.
Guest 17-Oct-2004 14:09
WONDERFUL !!!
ciao
Andrea
Lori Rolfe17-Oct-2004 13:40
I hope you think the extra half hour was worth it because this is absolutely fabulous
Wenche Aune17-Oct-2004 00:51
Beautiful!
Larry Ahern17-Oct-2004 00:31
Wow really nice!!
Karen Leaf16-Oct-2004 23:58
OMG, this is stunning. Breathtaking.
gary becker16-Oct-2004 22:47
Simply gorgeous.
Jill16-Oct-2004 21:42
Just takes my breath away so evoking I am almost in tears it is so beautiful.

Was up this morning 4:30 to hopefully catch a sunrise..cloudy until mid morning..so happy to come upon this.
René Gysi16-Oct-2004 21:12
Wonderful mood. Very nice colours. Beautiful.
Pedro Libório16-Oct-2004 20:51
absolutly wonderful!!!
great photo.
Shmuel Halevi16-Oct-2004 19:54
Very well done, very nice result.
Gary Winters16-Oct-2004 19:16
Classic! Worth getting up for, no?
Rich Adams16-Oct-2004 18:48
Nice shot Ed!
Herb 16-Oct-2004 17:54
Great job
Jude Marion16-Oct-2004 17:19
Beautiful colours and silhouette!
Guest 16-Oct-2004 17:06
Stunning colors and silhouette. Good PS technique.
Guest 16-Oct-2004 17:05
Very nice, Ed. Worth waking up early for :)
jude16-Oct-2004 16:25
Ed, this is beautiful.. not just the beautiful colors in the sunrise but the silhouettes of many things.. in the distance, as well as in the fore front. Very nicely done
Rick Lewis16-Oct-2004 16:21
Outstanding result. Beautiful.
Todd Brase16-Oct-2004 16:21
Nice shot Ed. Good on ya for getting up before the sun, I'm more likely to wait until sunset. LOL
Guest 16-Oct-2004 16:10
Gorgeous shot Ed! I just upgraded from CP5000
to a D70 and hopefully one day my photos will be half as good as yours!
Guest 16-Oct-2004 16:09
Gorgeous shot Ed! I just upgraded from CP500 to a D70 and hopefully one day my photos will be half as good as yours!
jypsee16-Oct-2004 16:08
Isn't that the truth!! re sleeping late??? Wonderful job on your photo; I have some that I made a few weeks ago that have wonderful trees gnarled against the edge of a cliff and it's dark in the foreground and overexposed in the background and I need to do this....