Dawn to Sunrise - 27 August 2018 (Original Video/Photos)

in #photography6 years ago

The smoke in the upper atmosphere from the fires in the western United States is still adding color to sunrise in otherwise clear blue skies.

In these pictures you will see a crowd gathering to watch the sunrise. You may have heard the expression "the early bird gets the worm". In this series of photos and in the video you will see that the early bird also sees the sun rise.

Photographs taken on 27 August 2018.

Sunrise Video

For this photo shoot I focused on the distant horizon then turned off the auto-focus and the image stabilization on my lens. I used a high f-stop to keep both the foreground and background in sharp focus.

The photographs in the video cover a 34 minute time-frame. The video starts 30 minutes before the official sunrise time.

Full Video

All the photographs taken have been compiled into a short 4 minute 17 second video. The photographs have not been enhanced, you see what I observed.

Music: "Antarctica" by Audionautix. This music was chosen because the musical transitions seemed to match the tone of this sunrise.

Time Lapse Video

The following animated GIF is 30x the speed of the full video. The full video is much better, this time lapse contains some pixelization.

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Original Video

Sunrise Photographs in Sequence

Dawn: The period of the day when light begins to appear in the sky from the sun.
Sunrise: The time when you first see the sun in the morning.

To give you an idea of the when the photographs were taken I am adding a T-time. T-0 is sunrise, T-10 is 10 minutes before sunrise, and T+5 is 5 minutes after sunrise.

This is a representative sample of the photographs in the video. The photographs have not been enhanced, you are seeing what I observed on this morning.

Watch the utility pole and utility lines.

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 30 sec.; ISO-100; 135mm; Time T-30

The first bird shows up to watch the sunrise.

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1.6 sec.; ISO-100; 135mm; Time T-11

More birds are lining up to watch the sunrise

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/2 sec.; ISO-100; 135mm; Time T-1

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/4 sec.; ISO-100; 135mm; Time T+2

A lot of birds are perched to see the sun rise above the clouds.

sunrise morning clouds colorful landscape skyscape SR0064.JPG
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/5 sec.; ISO-100; 135mm; Time T+3

Some birds are starting to leave.

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/6 sec.; ISO-100; 135mm; Time T+3

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/8 sec.; ISO-100; 135mm; Time T+4

Credits

When I think about how wonderful it is to capture these moments, I often realize how little I had to do with making these wonderful moments. For I am just the guy behind the camera.

Director and Producer
God Almighty

Musical Score
Music: "Antarctica" by Audionautix

Camera Operator
@etcmike
a.k.a. "Steem On" on YouTube

Equipment

ItemName
CameraCanon EOS 7D
LensCanon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom
FiltersTiffen UV Protection Filter, Tiffen Circular Polarizer Glass Filter
TripodManfrotto MT190XPRO3 3 Section Aluminum Tripod Legs with Q90 Column (Black)

Use of Photographs/Videos

I used the SteemIt icon in my photo credit to indicate these photographs were originally posted on SteemIt.
The photographs and videos in this post are free to be used by anyone as long as the photo credit is left on the photograph.

Photo/Video Editing

Video editing performed with Adobe Primiere Elements 2018. Affiliate link to Amazon.com provided for your convenience.

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This video is magic, @etcmike! The piece of music you chose goes like a ring to the finger. That change in the third minute, in the song and in the images, the colors, the sliding of the clouds or the smoke, is wonderful. We are truly blessed by God! Only he can give us something so wonderful. Like those birds, in the first row, we are witnesses of the dawn. Thank you for sharing!

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We have seen such a beautiful picture of the drowning sun and the video may be I have seen before, as well as the sky covered with pollution.

Wonderful video sir

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These are so beautiful pictures and videos..
Appreciating.
Thank you sir

wonderful post. i love it.

absolutely beautiful. ❤😊❤ simply stunning views.
The colours here are out of this world. It's almost like it was painted with gradients in photoshop. It's unbelievable! wonderful job, love with video. ❤

I wish I were just 0.1% as good as you are with Photoshop. But alas, I have no skill when it comes to Photoshop. I have Adobe Photoshop on my computer but have not been able to use it yet.

Each sunrise is as unique as each day. I just try to capture the sunrise as best as I can.

Keep producing and posting those fantastic Photoshop tutorials!! At the very least I am learning the creativity the Photoshop tool can bring to life. It seems like if you can imagine it, you can create it.

Have a great week!
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Another awesome day to remember down in the memory lane thanks for sharing this

Another one great👍

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@etcmike, Always it's an great essence to see this work because this work reflects the nature's beauty and motion.

And next point is it always remind us about the dynamics of nature and that means, it always changes time to time.

And people who cannot find the Inspiration it's not possible because nature always going to refresh us.

And colourful layers in the sky is the next aspect which showcasing the breathtaking essence and for sure it's reflecting as painting.

Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂

Beautiful sequence Mike. And your music is apppropiate and brilliant. I live in Thailand where I get to see amazing sunrises and sunsets too but do not have your great equipment. Will resteem for sure.

Thank you! Your comment is greatly appreciated. I listen to a lot of royalty-free music to pick out just the right music for each sunrise. Sometimes I come back to previously used music just because it goes so well with different sunrises.

Have a great week!
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