Tag: sunrise
Sunrise, La’ie Point
My daughter and I got up at 5:30 this morning to drive up the coast of Oahu about 10 miles to La’ie Point. She sat in the car and played a game on my iPhone while I set up and marveled at the light rays as the sun rose above the horizon. When the scene […]
Read MoreGoing Wide
A friend on Facebook just asked me for advice about wide angle lenses, and rather than relay what I know to another individual, I thought I’d post here for him and anyone else who’d like to hear my thoughts. My experience is based on having owned the Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S Nikkor Wide Angle […]
Read MoreThis Magic Moment
The other day I noticed some piers in the water on the Embarcadero, and I went out this morning to use them as a foreground element in a sunrise shot of the Bay Bridge. I made those exposures, got pretty much what I was after, then packed up and went back to the truck to […]
Read MoreSausalito Sunrise
Thunder and lightning woke me up at 3 AM this morning, and I toyed with the idea of going out early to see if I could catch a bolt during such a rare Bay Area thunderstorm. I went back to bed. Got up as planned at 5, though, and set out to see what Mother […]
Read MoreWinter Sunrise
Sunrise this morning was at 6:04 AM, which means that to get the shot above at this time of year, I’d have to be in position and ready to go at 5 AM, and since it takes me a good hour to get from home to this spot, I’d need to get up at 4AM. […]
Read MoreMorning at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley
The weather on our trip to Death Valley was WINDY, blowing sand and dust into the air and largely obscuring the distant mountains to the point that photographing them was often pointless. Mother Nature certainly has to be in the mood to help if you’re going to get a nice landscape. The day before we left, she was. My cousin […]
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