Yesterday's sunrise shoot ended up being a productive one, I now have 5 new image added to my website's "Recent Work Gallery" My favorite was shared yesterday, but I am very happy with these 4 as well.
The wide angle lens photos were great, but the color in the sky wasn't quite as explosive as I had hoped for, it mostly stayed down low closer to the horizon. So I took some shots with my longer lenses that showed a much better view of the clouds that were kept down low due to the temperature inversion. Inversions aren't rare this time of year, however they usually cover Donner Lake completely. I like how a bit of the lake is showing in this first shot below.
These were all taken with the Canon 5DS R. I used a 24-105mm lens set at 95mm for the photo above. ISO 50, an aperture of f/18, and the shutter speed was 1.6 seconds long. A graduated neutral density filter was used on the front of the lens.
These two photos above and below were both shot using a 100-400mm lens, set at 278mm for both. ISO 50, f/22, and .8 second exposures. No lens filters were used for these. I like how the low clouds picked up a bit of that sunrise color on top of them.
And yes, this one below is similar to the photo I posted yesterday, but it's different. It's actually a few images stitched together to form a very wide angle shot, wider than my 16mm lens can cover. The panoramic images have been selling well at the galleries so I always try capture these lately if the composition works out.
I hope you enjoyed getting a bit of a closer look at that cool inversion effect. Thank you for looking and have a great day!
Scott Thompson
Scott Shots Photography
www.ScottShotsPhoto.com
