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An early morning glow just before the sun blasts though the clouds to start a new day. This image is more subtle than the version below, but I love it for that quiet sense of expectation. It's the image I'm currently using as my desktop background. :)
Location
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at Sunrise
Death Valley National Park, CA
Technical Details
Canon 50d
Tokina 11-16mm lens, 11mm
f/13, 1/3s, ISO 100
Bracketed exposure for the sun detail + a Rev 3Stop ND Grad filter
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| Copyright Laura A Knauth, All rights reserved. Please contact me for any usage or licensing options. |
Sunrise shots are tricky because after the investment of an early wake-up, you largely have to compose in the dark and then scramble to adjust when the light starts to change. (Pre-scouting locations would definitely help.) This was unfortunately one of the days when it was a mad dash from ridge to ridge we spotted these ripples and a promising vista. All of my shots from this angle had strange lens flare artifacts, but thought in the end a few were interesting, so left them in!
Location
Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes at Sunrise
Death Valley National Park, CA
Technical Details
Canon 50d
Tokina 11-16mm lens, 11mm
f/13, 1/30s, ISO 100
Bracketed exposure for the sky.
No Filters - they were really scratched up by this point in the trip :\ Without direct sunlight (as in the first shot), you can still use scratched filters without causing too much trouble, but once direct sunlight hits, they really start producing messy artifacts.
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by Laura A Knauth
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