Drain Sunrise III

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A third in a what could be considered a series of storm drain sunrise pictures. This seems the time of year when we occasionally get a magnificent sunrise and since it is more to the south it lines up well with the storm drain in Ross Bay. And, it is not so early that I am still sleeping, oblivious!

This was taken yesterday morning, and really is a nice change to the black and white film series I have been indulging in. I took lots of photos of this scene this morning, and more will show up here in the next while I expect.

Others in this series can be found here, and here – both from about a year ago. I shot brackets and treated them all with HDR processing which I think works well for this kind of shot, even if a bit on the gaudy side. Sunrises are also a bit on the gaudy side, so they are sympathetic.

In the foreground is the Ross Bay storm drain, a favourite subject of mine, somewhat neglected lately.

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 Canon 5Dii, Canon 50/1.4 lens, ISO100, f-7.1, 3 brackets, 1/200th +/- 2 E.V.

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20 thoughts on “Drain Sunrise III”

  1. Pingback: Drain Sunrise V | burnt embers

    • Hi Alexandra – here you are commenting on another old post which is fantastic! It was still quite dark and there was no need for an ND filter. It is however processed with HDR software from three hand-held brackets (1/50th, 1/200th, 1/800th shat at f7.1). HDR works very well for this kind of scene with so much dynamic range.

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  4. Ah – I remember the drain and the day images you mention. Another image so full of the light of early morning. The horizon is remarkable for the way the light streaks out of the cloud. What time of early morning was that taken?

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  6. Love the look of the water going over the storm drain. Colors are magnificent, in short a very realistic and beautiful sunrise. I agree with some of the talk before me suggesting that the storm drain is actually transferred into an object of beauty. Also the light on the water and all that, topnotch.

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    • Thanks Ken! I think this one could even work in black and white, but have not had time to fool around with it yet. There are probably 20 more sets of brackets to be looked at and processed if worthy. I just had to get one out there right away….

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    • Hi Rob – welcome to my blog! And thanks for the comment. I like your photos – that one of Kal Lake worked really well. I have not been there for years, but when I was a kid went there every year as I had relatives living in Coldstream.

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  10. I have seen these in person and they look like plain storm drains. Somehow your photo transforms this one into a mystical road leading into the sea. The other two are also beautiful. I love that you were able to catch the patterns in the water so artistically. Great!

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    • Hi Beth. This storm drain has many personalities and keeps on drawing me back to photograph it again and again. If you check out the link in the last paragraph, it will take you to several pages of posts that have those visits documented, though I have been a bit remiss with posting shots of it lately.

      I hope you both are safely tucked in by the woodstove – it sounds really grim in NS right now.

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