September sunrise over Decker Lake, Austin, TX
Dec 26, 2013 10:47:53 #
My fishing partner canceled at the last minute and I was in my bass boat before dawn. I didn't get a line in the water for the first hour, and you'll see why. I've only seen one other sunrise or sunset like this in the last 25 years, a sunset in Canada in 2000. These are unretouched photos out of a series of 50 taken with a Nikon D5200 and the 18-55 VR kit lens. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did living them. A great morning to be alive!
Beginning of a spectacular display
This guy watched the sunrise with me
Dec 26, 2013 10:57:03 #
Seems like you got the catch of the day without even having to get a line wet.
Excellent shots and a morning well worth the time beautiful photo's.
Pete
Excellent shots and a morning well worth the time beautiful photo's.
Pete
Dec 26, 2013 10:57:42 #
Dec 26, 2013 14:42:45 #
No wonder you were late getting your line ready MR PC That is some sky..great shots.
Dec 26, 2013 14:45:24 #
Mr PC wrote:
My fishing partner canceled at the last minute and I was in my bass boat before dawn. I didn't get a line in the water for the first hour, and you'll see why. I've only seen one other sunrise or sunset like this in the last 25 years, a sunset in Canada in 2000. These are unretouched photos out of a series of 50 taken with a Nikon D5200 and the 18-55 VR kit lens. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did living them. A great morning to be alive!
Wise choice getting these lovely shots first before fishing. Love the heron shot.
Dec 26, 2013 15:06:06 #
Thanks for the kind words everybody. I know that I can take the RAW files from this set and do something pretty outstanding in Lightroom and/or PS. Sometimes, it's just fun to say they are what they are. I may go back on a cold winter day and blow up the heron and some other bird pics I got that day and see what I can do with them. That early morning golden hour light was special right after the sunrise. I probably won't do much of anything with the sky shots other than make sure they are level. Most lakes around here seem to be pretty horizontal most of the time. Here's one more with the early morning lighting.
Reeds at sunrise
Dec 27, 2013 05:47:20 #
Mr PC wrote:
My fishing partner canceled at the last minute and I was in my bass boat before dawn. I didn't get a line in the water for the first hour, and you'll see why. I've only seen one other sunrise or sunset like this in the last 25 years, a sunset in Canada in 2000. These are unretouched photos out of a series of 50 taken with a Nikon D5200 and the 18-55 VR kit lens. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did living them. A great morning to be alive!
Fantastic images!!!!
Dec 27, 2013 08:31:08 #
Beautiful photos. We see sunrise and sunsets like this quite often in Arizona.
Dec 27, 2013 13:50:10 #
That is definitely a spectacular sky, which you captured so beautifully. Lucky you to have witnessed it.
Dec 27, 2013 15:30:44 #
Beautiful sunrise photos. If you ever bring up a Glycine Airman wristwatch out there, its mine. Lost it when my sailboat capsized in the late 70s.
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Dec 27, 2013 15:52:39 #
Dec 28, 2013 20:08:34 #
Dec 28, 2013 20:27:26 #
Miriam wrote:
Beautiful sunrise shots, but that lone heron against the sky trumps them all for me.
Thanks. You should see the RAW file cropped and zoomed in. I like the composition of what I posted better, but the detail that 24MP gives you is scary sometimes!
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