Serendipitous Sunday Sunrise

It had been awhile since I had gone to the pond for a blue hour photoshoot — 2 months, I later discovered. I didn't go back for blue hour this time but returned with hopes of photographing fog over the water. As it eventuated, there wasn't any fog, but there were clouds, and there was a sunrise.

They had also trimmed the tall, noxious weeds near the water since the previous visits, so I was able to get to some slightly different spots. That was good because the sun has certainly changed position since July, and the better access really helped.

What a sunrise it was! I stood there for a half hour shooting photos and frequently saying Wow! to anyone who would listen —which was just myself at that hour. The photos may looked unreal or over-processed to an observer, but I do try to remain pretty doggone faithful in editing these sorts of photos. While I am more than willing to stylize some types of images, I refrain with this kind of photo.

Here are 2 early photos: 6:29 and 6:35. Look at the clouds and their reflections in the second photo! What a change in 6 minutes!

By 6:51 the sun was up over the horizon. I narrowed the aperture ↓ to get that sunburst effect. Except for that narrow strip by the horizon, the sunrise colours were all but gone. What a rapid change!

Almost done, I turned the camera to the vertical position and squeezed off just one more photo to capture more of that strip of light coming across the pond.

I generally appreciate being out for early morning photography, but I especially loved being out there on that morning.