Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Yesterday the clouds made for a nice sunrise and the light at sunrise was great for some shots of the snow around the house that fell during the night. The first shot is a pre-sunrise composite (Panoramic) shot made from 8 overlapping individual shots at 500mm with the camera turned 90 degrees to get more sky in each image. as it is almost 28K pixels wide and over 6K pixels in height. This image is best in download and double download to see the details in the mountain silhouettes. The second shot is a wider angle image that captured some of the cloud shadows and sunrise a bit later than the first image. The third shot is of the snow caught in the tree branches as the first rays of sunlight hit the snow. The next three shots show a views in a few different directions of the snow and trees at sunrise. As the sun rose a bit higher in the sky some fog started forming in the valleys to the east as seen in the next two shots. The last two shots show some hungry birds that came by just after sunrise. All comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.

Panoramic view of the sunrise (best in download and double download)

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Wider angle view of the sunrise

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Snow in the tree branches at first light

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Looking south west as the sunlight is just coming up.

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Looking North down the driveway as the sunlight came up.

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Looking south at a snow covered tree at sunrise

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Fog looking to the South East

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Fog a view minutes later

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Hungry birds in the snow

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More hungry birds in the snow

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Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

I accidently overwrote part of one of the sentences in the description. Here is the correct sentence
The image was compressed to fit into the 20 meg limit - as it is almost 28K pixels wide and over 6K pixels in height.

MFTVGirl Loc: Baltimore, MD

Beautiful images! I especially like the third one - the close-up - the light is lovely.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

Ourspolair

Sorry to hear that your house fell during the night, but the great captures and renderings made up for that! Thanks for sharing.

Wallen Loc: Middle Earth

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Hi MFTVGirl
Thanks for viewing the images and for the comment. I like the color and contrast in the third image also.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Hi Blair Shaw
Thanks for viewing the images and for thumbs up.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Hi Wallen
Thanks for checking out the images and for thumbs up.

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Yep it was a real disaster. I definitely need to slow down and proof read my comments before hitting the send button. I screwed up a couple of times in this description. In any case thanks for viewing the images.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Very nice set!

Ballard Loc: Grass Valley, California

Hi UTMike
Thanks for checking out the photos and for the comment.

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Beautiful set

Delderby Loc: Derby UK

Very pleasant viewing

blacks2 Loc: SF. Bay area

Excellent.