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Prairie Sunrise

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted February 14, 201684 views3 comments

A few years ago I went out to our local nature preserve for a fairly regular walk and decided to see if I could get some decent sunrise images. I had the good luck to have a decent sunrise and a nice pool of fog in the middle distance. I wish this had been a few weeks later when the prairie was at it's peak bloom, but it was still a magical experience.

5D3, 70-200 f/4 L @ 70 mm, tripod, f/20, 1/250, iso 500, aperture priority, pattern metering, -1/3 EV. Processed in LR5 & CS6. A slight horizontal crop for composition and cropped from top and bottom for the pano. I brightened the foreground quite a bit. Taken at Glacial Heritage County Preserve at 6:27 AM on April 23, 2013.

Comments and criticisms are always appreciated.

Thanks,

Comments

3 comments

Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 15, 2016 at 9:09 AM

Dennis, this does look like a lovely sunrise. The glow on the foreground ridges and the silhouetted trees add very well to this fine prairie scene. The foggy middle ground provides a good sense of mystery.

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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on February 15, 2016 at 5:55 PM

Hi Dennis,

That layer of fog is ideal. I like how you lightened the foreground slightly and have the trees placed on the lefthand side of the scene..................................Jim

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Comment posted by David Schoen on February 16, 2016 at 8:05 PM

The pool of fog in this image makes this a mystical photograph. The colors are nice and even though it is slightly bright, it still works quite well. I think your horizon is a tiny bit counterclockwise. The large images very nice.

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