I have never been sorry to be up and shoot a sunrise whether I have gotten a shot or not. They are all beautiful. This morning was not exception. After shooting from the back side of the Observatory pre-sunrise I headed back to the car. The sun was starting to stretch over the horizon so in the parking lot I set up for a series of shots with the sun coming over the horizon and then moving through the clouds. This was one of the more pleasant shooting times I have had because where I was shooting from seemed perfect for the sunrise. So after setting up the tripod, I sat and watched the beauty unfold before me.
Another lesson learned for me...never leave an area early, look around from your initial intent. After shooting the Observatory, being told by a security guard that tripods are not allowed I could have easily been discouraged and walked to my car and went home, but instead I decided to keep looking while walking and like I said the sunrise was beautiful!
The Shot:
Single Exposure-F/14, ISO 100, 1/100, -1 EV, Tripod Mounted 30D, 24-105L @24mm
Post Processing:
>Raw-Recovery slider, Vibrance Slider, opened in CS5 as 16bit tiff
CS-5:
>Adjustment Layer Curves-Global Contrast
>Adjustment Layer Levels-Retrieve blue in the sky
>Adjustment Layer Hue/Sat-Slight desaturation of yellows and Oranges in sunrise
>Adjustment Layer Curves-increase contrast in Sunrays
>No Cropping just sized, framed and minimized for posting
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