Sunrise Abstract
This sunrise was photographed 10 minutes before the one that I began the new year with, just a bit along the rocks from that photo. I decided to try getting a shot of the sunrise while moving the camera. In the top picture I moved the camera continuously during the exposure, in the bottom picture I held it still momentarily and then moved it, tyring to stay more parallel with the horizon than I did with the first one.
If you want a sense of what I was working with, look at the photo from January 1st linked above. Foreground in these photos is pale bedrock with yellow-orange lichen from a higher vantage point than the linked image.
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Images taken at ISO 100, F22, 4 seconds for top picture, 3.2 seconds for bottom one, polarizing filter. Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon 50mm f1.4 lens.
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I love the rich colors and tones you’ve pulled out of this scene with the great composition you employed! Great photographs, my friend, I love how diverse your works are.
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Hi Toad – diversity is arising from experimenting and seeing what other people are doing and trying to replicate it, sometimes successfully, usually only half way there. This is a good example – I was not thinking to try this out but accidentally pressed the shutter when I was moving my tripod and while that one did not work, it made me think I should just give it a try. Not a lot of thought in this, quite a bit of luck. But instructive I think – the colours and composition and so on – they all matter just as much (if not more) than for a similar view that is in focus. That is what I take away from this exercise.
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Interesting concept. Nicely done, too. I may have to steal this idea from you.
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Hi Ken – well, I am sure I stole it from someone else, so feel free. It would be really interesting to see what you do with it.
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Stunning. The colors are great, the effect is capturing.
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Hi Ryan – I am pleased that you like it. It was a special morning – another picture from that same shoot coming up in a few hours 🙂
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Very cool..I like the effect!!!
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Hi David – thanks a lot. I really should experiment with this some more, I suspect that there are some factors of lighting and colour that make it more or less likely to be an effective method.
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Gorgeous. The long exposure makes it look like a painting.
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Hi James – nice to have you back for a visit. Thanks for the comment – I guess its a form of painting with light when you swish the camera around while its gathering the light, similar to a long exposure on a tripod and moving lights around in the image, just a lot less controlled. I was surprised it worked out so well.
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I’m going to have to jump on the bandwagon: They do look like paintings. The colors are lovely. 🙂
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Hi Robin – thank so much. I’m on the bandwagon too. 🙂
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I was about to say “they look like paintings!” and then realized someone else had said exactly that—but they do. Sort of Gordon Smith-ish. (http://www.suncoastarts.com/profiles/scartscouncil/auction06/35gordonsmith.html)
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Hi skadhu – thank you in general terms. I am unfamiliar with Gordon Smith’s work – thanks for the link, and for mentioning him. A google search showed up some other paintings of his that look very interesting too.
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So beautiful!
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Hi Lynn – thank you!
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I agree with Mathias, beautiful!
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Hi Kelly – welcome to my blog, its nice to have you come by. And thanks for the comment 🙂
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They look like paintings !!!
Magnificent !!
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Thank you Mathias. I was pleasantly surprised with this effect too. It is consistent with the other long exposures I have been doing, and yet quite different.
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