Clouds always add dramatic effects to any sunrise. On this morning I thought the clouds may be too thick to let the sun shine through as it rose. I watched the blue tint of the clouds change as time passed to reveal some dramatic effects. Eventually, the sun did peak through the clouds.
Photographs taken on 6 August 2018.
Sunrise Video
As the photographs were stitched together into this video, I noticed a slight shift from one frame to the next.
All the photographs taken have been compiled into a short 4 minute 27 second video. Music: "The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" by Chris Zabriskie.
Dawn to Sunrise Photographs in Sequence
This is a representative sample of the photographs in the video.
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 3.2 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1.6 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/2 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/4 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/5 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/5 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/6 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm
Credits
When I think about how wonderful it is to capture these moments, I often realize how little I had to do with making these wonderful moments. For I am just the guy behind the camera.
God Almighty
"The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" by Chris Zabriskie
@etcmike
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Photo/Video Editing
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Thank You!
Thank you!
One of the greatest thrills of being a nature/life/wild photographer is when the sky or conditions change into something amazing, and you know you only have minutes or seconds to capture it. What a thrill. Your incredible work really impressed to the viewer.
Thanks for sharing @etcmike.
Spectacular images!
Thank you! Your kind words are greatly appreciated!
Have a great week!
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You show others it is consistency and tenacity that gets the great images. No wonder you are highly recommended to watch. Your philosophy of really just showing you make the magic in your pictures in camera instead of heavy Lightroom work! It is a real enjoyment watching you grow as an image maker. Keep pushing, you are becoming a GREAT photographer!
Thank you! I am greatly humbled by your kind words. Your words are greatly appreciated. I will continue on my quest to improve my photography.
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Yup @etcmike, made the mistake as well on thinking I got the best of the morning sunrise only to be surprised a bit later that it was so much better! Luckily was still set up to take the better scene, cracking video as usual. Goes to show you nature sometimes rewards well those that are persistent and patient. As the saying goes, "hurry up and wait".
Great video/photography as usual @etcmike
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Thanks
I encountered such a situation just this morning while watching the sunrise. I was very glad I was patient. When I have a chance to put the pictures together into a slide show, you will see what I saw on the morning of 18 August 2018.
Thank you again!
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@etcmike, In my opinion nowadays nature became more expressive, and these colours are telling that aspect effectively.
And literally I've never seen these Blue clouds and that's why I've said nature is becoming expressive and it's expanding it's Art.
And at the same point of time in the sky we can see so many faces of nature and it reflects as nature is applying great colour Collaboration.
And in my opinion nowadays we can see lot of changes in nature and one of the changes is reflecting by the clouds.
Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂
Fantastic! I like it :)
Excelente trabajo muy bueno de verdad que me gustó gracias por compartir. Slds
Just awesome bro you are very talented man :-)
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these were taken with an EOS 7D ? You can tweak settings more and make it a lot more impressive. Your framing is also off, pay attention to line up your shots dead straight and follow rule of thirds.
Example work with Canon EOS 7D by @britcoins 2011
Hint - ISO 100 in darkness? Are you ok? Dig into settings and try 800-1600 ISO in low light situation like your sunrise. Then you can also drop the F-stop right down and increase shutter speed with them experiment
Keep going! you'll soon find some tweaks like I suggest and blow your own mind with results ...
Thank you for the tips!
In some of my older photographs posted on SteemIt I was always using the "full auto mode". When the ISO increased the photographs became grainy. I had a few people who wanted to use my photos are screen savers. To provide the best possible photographs I started using ISO 100 for the sunrise photos and other daylight photos.
In the near future, I will be posting some photographs taken inside where there was low lighting. For some shots I stepped up the ISO to much higher settings.
I am still experimenting. In my attempts to remove the slight shifting from one still photo to the next I turned off the "AF" and "Image Stabilizer" on the lens. I have everything locked down tight on a tripod. I hope to eliminate the slight shifting effect with the sunrise photos taken this morning.
The weekend is almost here!
Have a great weekend!
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Mike
Thank you for replying, really glad you had a chance to not take my harsh advice badly ... the fact i did do this comment late, on a bad day even!
I think I might have spotted it now tho, what you can do different really simple.
Before I reveal, you can try to shoot up to 400 ISO which will leave some grain, but it can be part of the image and not too much 'digital' noise. You can try 100 then 200 then 400 and do that in combination with the next technique, which is ...
Metering Modes. Leave that autofocus on, set for spot/touch focus and exposure. Try one shot with the focus on the brightest part of the image. This is where you are previewing shot on LCD, and touch any part of the image to focus and expose there. Then try all sorts of shots by picking different areas. Focus+expose for the grey clouds, the sunlight rays and colour should burst ... . This will give completely different images and dramatic results.
Further observation: shots in post are all F20. This explains the dulcit, pastel tones. Lower is always better / sharper at lower F stop. Lower the stop = more light into the lens and more data for the sensor to work with.
I'm no pro either.... I know nothing, really ... this is from my memory trial and error!
Getting carried away now ... last tip ... ditch the filters from that kit lens, unless shooting into blue sky bright light or water ...
Again, thank you for the tips. Looks like I have some more experimenting and manual reading to do.
I used an f-stop of 20 (and higher) to improve the depth of field. There are trees in the photo that are much closer than the far horizon. My limited experience in optics for photography has proven that the higher f-stops improves the sharpness of the images. I compensate with the exposure time (up to 30 seconds).
This morning I was also experimenting with the different metering. I haven't downloaded those pictures yet, but they looked great on the camera's screen.
As for the filters, the circular polarizing filter always enriches my colors and aid in getting good shot of the sun as it rises just above the horizon. The clear filter is mainly for protecting the polarizing filter and the camera lens. It has saved my lens on more than one occasion. The window I have my camera setup in to take bird photos has been broken by golf balls.
I have several sunrises in the can to process and post. I will read up on the selecting the focus points today.
Thanks again for you tips and advice.
Have a great day!
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Mike
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Thanks for sharing beautiful photography. I am really inspired to follow you-- lover of nature.
Nice pic
nice photography. hope you had to wait for the sunset for long hours. good to see such nice photography.
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I use the following website to know when the sunrise and sunset times are each morning. I usually try to wake up about 30 minutes before sunrise to get setup for the photo shoot.
https://www.timeanddate.com/sun
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Que hermoso, realmente la naturaleza es mágica!
Me encanta la manera en que enfocaste las nubes y la claridad que tienen las foto es increíble, gran trabajo. Felicitaciones
Very good video, well-combined photo photos, this is a very cool work to watch
Felicitaciones eres un experto profesional de la fotografía. El vídeo quedo genial la música hace contraste con las imágenes y da sensación de relajación , de verdad me encanto te felicito.
Amazing Photography!
That's beautiful
I love, love, LOVE this! So beautiful, and you made such a nice presentation of these moments. Thank you very much for sharing!
good morning @etcmike
thanks for upload your beautiful work.
I alwaya enjoy your photo shoot's & videos.
I love this pic. keep uploading such beautiful shoots.
have a nice day friend.
Thank you!
That is one of my favorite photos from that morning too.
There are several more sunrise series to come soon.
Have a great week!
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Mike
Amazing Photography... Excellent Shot... Beautiful scenery...
Wow thats amazing photography my friend.. excellent colour combination...It looks as the universe has given a new look and color to the sky...☺️
Keep supporting me my friend @kanhiyachauhan
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Amazing photography its very hard to capture these amzing sunshine
Awesome captured ...clouds are looking wonderful ...good work..
amazing photographs
@etcmike
Masterly photography I must say.
You have captured the hues in all their splendor.Sunrise photos are very inspiring to anyone and if they are shot with such an artistic manner the ability to inspire rises manyfol
Thank you for posting such lovely captures.
Nice photography you did... A gift from me to you.
Hi photographs and video looks amazing, congratulation for awesome photography.
I also love photography so this is really inspirational.
Wow good photography & video sunrise all pic perfect
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Nice pictures brother. Amazing...
Appreciate your art...
You are very creative photographer.
Beautiful images
Add some breakfast pictures too with this.
Nature always attracts
Amazing shots. Very creative and pure work. Keep it up buddy.
I like sunsets... They always have this strange effect on me...
Great camera work... I am first timer to you blog... Great Pro work...
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Perfect and those lovely moments they sure are indeed worth it :)
Your shots look so fantastic! I really love how the clouds and the sky look at the start, it looks like a painting with a shade of orange. This makes me miss the sun sooo much because it's been raining here for the past weeks. Anyway thank you so much for sharing this with us. Have a great day ahead!
It rained all day here too, but before the rain started there was a sunrise I captured. It will be posted as soon as I work through my backlog.
Thank you!
Have a great week!
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Mike
That's cool, I'll definitely check that out. Thanks for all the upvotes!
Cheers!
que hermosas fotos y un muy buen amanecer.
muy buen trabajo. saludos
Wonderful moment of photography.
Thank you for sharing this well details pictures.
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thanks, sir, for sharing so amazing cloudy weather video and photography.
i love your work and i also like that you explain how you took the shot and the settings you used following your work one will learn how to shoot beautiful shots like this. thank you
Awesome photographs sir i am so glad to see them again.
Nice photos. Keep it cool. Love it though.
Whoa!!!!! I like the shades of blue... Mesmerizing
It is great to present a sample of the photographs. Probably we all have lots of photos to choose from, but it's great to look at everything. My favorite is the first photo!
A very nice time You have a very good post. Both blue and sky images and posts made my mind happy. Thanks so much for sharing the post among us..💜
A very nice time You have a very good post. Both blue and sky images and posts made my mind happy. Thanks so much for sharing the post among us..💜