Aug 08 2008
Thursday Morning Pilchuck Mountian Sunrise
I had a certain barn in mind this morning. When I left the house I knew there was a risk that the sun might not rise in exactly the correct spot to capture the sunrise, but thought I’d just go see.
The sun rose over the foothills much later than I expected - almost seven before this shot happened.
It’s a nice shot – it captures the mood of the morning – but not exactly the photo I was after. I’m going to have to do a little investigating – latitude and sunrise angles to see what time of year the sun will rise exactly over the Pilchuck to capture the picture in my mind.
Here’s the a link to where the photo was taken, if you’d like to try photographing it.
I had my camera mounted on a tripod and bracketed the exposures to pick the best one (one normal, one under and one over). Shot these in camera raw. Had my polarizer filter on to capture deeper colors. Next time I’ll try to use a half neutral density filter to capture more detail in the sky.
This might be too risky for a wheelchair. The shoulders are narrow and I had to stand in the pasture to have room to set up a tripod.
