Sunrise Streaks

Ashley Stone, May 02, 2007; 09:34 P.M.

 

You never fail to impress me. You're so good at this art! Hope boards went well.

 

Any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated!

the majesty of the big sky is beautiful. your work around the Morris Island lighthouse is a delight to the eyes and is reaching publishable quality. i admire your dedication not to be satisfied with previous work on the subject. my wife sometimes gets frustrated with me when i do the same thing. she says "haven't you done that before?" and i say "yeah, but the light is different today." take care my friend. J.K.

JK--Thanks for the comments. I couldn't agree with you more...if you find a spectacular location I never get tired of shooting it. Since this lighthouse is actually on an island/in the water, I think it is a really unique opportunity for sunrise because very rarely can you see a lighthouse all alone with nothing but water and sky and the rising sun behind it. It really does amaze me because I've probably shot sunrise here 25 different morning and EVERY SINGLE ONE is drastically different. There are always different colors, different clouds, beach patterns, high/low tide, dolphins, etc. So, you can tell your wife you aren't nuts...well, maybe you can just tell her there is someone in Charleston that is just as nuts as you. :) Thanks for stopping by and leaving some comments--always nice to hear from you!

As he knows my husband and I go to the SAME place and actually take the same pictures at the same time and without anybody knowing we upload the same place so you keep going here and keep posting this place over and over.

 

THIS lighthouse will NEVER be the same again.

 

I am just dumbfounded at the wonderful, gorgeous coors you have here on this pictures.

 

I saw someone from a while back that went to the same place every month and took a picture from the same spot and you have a great opportunity to do that with this lighthouse.

 

You could publish a wonderful book form that. OR... you could at least make a wonderful gift for someone (like for you Mom next year).

 

This one is just perfect with it's crop like it is! ~ micki

Micki--Thanks again! I was even LESS sure about this shot but as with "PreDawn Pink" I have been reassured by many people like yourself. I was unsure if the composition worked with the lighthouse small and so low. But, I composed it this way to get that upper cloud and the "streaking" included in the composition. To be honest, I have just about every other composition you can imagine. Not only do I return to the same place many times, but I snap the shutter with machine like efficiency while I'm there! I try out all possible combinations or exposure, focus, composition, etc. I'll generally shoot a sunrise for about 30 minutes and usually come home with about 350 frames. You guys have encouraged me to actually go back through them and look for some more winners. Thanks for the support--it is MUCH appreciated!

Ever think about cropping out the top cloud and making it a panoramic picture. I just think that compared to the other parts of the sky the top piece is much less exciting.

Perfect capture, wonderful composition and colors, best regards.