Dawn to Sunrise - 6 August 2018 (Original Video/Photos)

in #photography6 years ago

Clouds always add dramatic effects to any sunrise. On this morning I thought the clouds may be too thick to let the sun shine through as it rose. I watched the blue tint of the clouds change as time passed to reveal some dramatic effects. Eventually, the sun did peak through the clouds.

Photographs taken on 6 August 2018.

Sunrise Video

As the photographs were stitched together into this video, I noticed a slight shift from one frame to the next.

All the photographs taken have been compiled into a short 4 minute 27 second video. Music: "The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" by Chris Zabriskie.

Dawn to Sunrise Photographs in Sequence

This is a representative sample of the photographs in the video.

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 3.2 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1.6 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm

sunrise clouds dawn colorful sky SR0048.jpg
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/2 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm

sunrise clouds dawn colorful sky SR0053.jpg
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/4 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm

sunrise clouds dawn colorful sky SR0062.jpg
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/5 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm

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Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/5 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm

sunrise clouds dawn colorful sky SR0076.jpg
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/6 sec.; ISO-100; 50mm

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
"The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan" by Chris Zabriskie

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)

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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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One of the greatest thrills of being a nature/life/wild photographer is when the sky or conditions change into something amazing, and you know you only have minutes or seconds to capture it. What a thrill. Your incredible work really impressed to the viewer.

Thanks for sharing @etcmike.
Spectacular images!

Thank you! Your kind words are greatly appreciated!

Have a great week!
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You show others it is consistency and tenacity that gets the great images. No wonder you are highly recommended to watch. Your philosophy of really just showing you make the magic in your pictures in camera instead of heavy Lightroom work! It is a real enjoyment watching you grow as an image maker. Keep pushing, you are becoming a GREAT photographer!

Stunning sky indeed! Love the blog/ vlog. Thanks for sharing @etcmike all the best.

Thank you! I am greatly humbled by your kind words. Your words are greatly appreciated. I will continue on my quest to improve my photography.

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Yup @etcmike, made the mistake as well on thinking I got the best of the morning sunrise only to be surprised a bit later that it was so much better! Luckily was still set up to take the better scene, cracking video as usual. Goes to show you nature sometimes rewards well those that are persistent and patient. As the saying goes, "hurry up and wait".

Great video/photography as usual @etcmike
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I encountered such a situation just this morning while watching the sunrise. I was very glad I was patient. When I have a chance to put the pictures together into a slide show, you will see what I saw on the morning of 18 August 2018.

Thank you again!

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@etcmike, In my opinion nowadays nature became more expressive, and these colours are telling that aspect effectively.

And literally I've never seen these Blue clouds and that's why I've said nature is becoming expressive and it's expanding it's Art.

And at the same point of time in the sky we can see so many faces of nature and it reflects as nature is applying great colour Collaboration.

And in my opinion nowadays we can see lot of changes in nature and one of the changes is reflecting by the clouds.

Wishing you an great day and stay blessed. 🙂

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Fantastic! I like it :)

Excelente trabajo muy bueno de verdad que me gustó gracias por compartir. Slds

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these were taken with an EOS 7D ? You can tweak settings more and make it a lot more impressive. Your framing is also off, pay attention to line up your shots dead straight and follow rule of thirds.

Example work with Canon EOS 7D by @britcoins 2011

Hint - ISO 100 in darkness? Are you ok? Dig into settings and try 800-1600 ISO in low light situation like your sunrise. Then you can also drop the F-stop right down and increase shutter speed with them experiment

Keep going! you'll soon find some tweaks like I suggest and blow your own mind with results ...

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Thank you for the tips!

In some of my older photographs posted on SteemIt I was always using the "full auto mode". When the ISO increased the photographs became grainy. I had a few people who wanted to use my photos are screen savers. To provide the best possible photographs I started using ISO 100 for the sunrise photos and other daylight photos.

In the near future, I will be posting some photographs taken inside where there was low lighting. For some shots I stepped up the ISO to much higher settings.

I am still experimenting. In my attempts to remove the slight shifting from one still photo to the next I turned off the "AF" and "Image Stabilizer" on the lens. I have everything locked down tight on a tripod. I hope to eliminate the slight shifting effect with the sunrise photos taken this morning.

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Thank you for replying, really glad you had a chance to not take my harsh advice badly ... the fact i did do this comment late, on a bad day even!

I think I might have spotted it now tho, what you can do different really simple.

Before I reveal, you can try to shoot up to 400 ISO which will leave some grain, but it can be part of the image and not too much 'digital' noise. You can try 100 then 200 then 400 and do that in combination with the next technique, which is ...

Metering Modes. Leave that autofocus on, set for spot/touch focus and exposure. Try one shot with the focus on the brightest part of the image. This is where you are previewing shot on LCD, and touch any part of the image to focus and expose there. Then try all sorts of shots by picking different areas. Focus+expose for the grey clouds, the sunlight rays and colour should burst ... . This will give completely different images and dramatic results.

Further observation: shots in post are all F20. This explains the dulcit, pastel tones. Lower is always better / sharper at lower F stop. Lower the stop = more light into the lens and more data for the sensor to work with.

I'm no pro either.... I know nothing, really ... this is from my memory trial and error!

Getting carried away now ... last tip ... ditch the filters from that kit lens, unless shooting into blue sky bright light or water ...

Again, thank you for the tips. Looks like I have some more experimenting and manual reading to do.

I used an f-stop of 20 (and higher) to improve the depth of field. There are trees in the photo that are much closer than the far horizon. My limited experience in optics for photography has proven that the higher f-stops improves the sharpness of the images. I compensate with the exposure time (up to 30 seconds).

This morning I was also experimenting with the different metering. I haven't downloaded those pictures yet, but they looked great on the camera's screen.

As for the filters, the circular polarizing filter always enriches my colors and aid in getting good shot of the sun as it rises just above the horizon. The clear filter is mainly for protecting the polarizing filter and the camera lens. It has saved my lens on more than one occasion. The window I have my camera setup in to take bird photos has been broken by golf balls.

I have several sunrises in the can to process and post. I will read up on the selecting the focus points today.

Thanks again for you tips and advice.

Have a great day!
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I used an f-stop of 20 (and higher) to improve the depth of field.
It won't make any difference to anything beyond infinity range of lens. Dopf will have an importance from < 6-20 ft away only. For sunrise you should set to infinity and go from there with the exposure/metering points. Sharpness will be very good at f8 and you'll need a shorter exposure than f20 = less noise
filters - fair enough! I would say, priority is saving up for non-kit lens. 7D is really nice, better lens, no need to spend too much - Tamron or Sigma are good budget brand - will whip your results even higher. If you can't afford that, pretty much you could sell/swap kit around for lesser Canon body and better lens.

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