Clouds
Red Sky at Morning
This scene reminded me of the the old adage “Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning. Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. ”
I don’t recall the weather turning bad on the day this photo was taken, but then I wasn’t sailing either. We did have overcast skies with a little drizzle.
I did a little research on the common saying and found this interesting comment on Wikipedia…
The rhyme is a rule of thumb for weather forecasting, dating back over 2,000 years, based on the reddish glow of the morning or evening sky, caused by haze or clouds related to storms in the region. Due to the rotation of the Earth, from west to east, storm systems tend to travel eastward across a local region of the globe. A reddish sunrise, caused by particles suspended in the air, often foreshadows an approaching storm, which will be arriving from the west, within the day. Conversely, a reddish sunset often indicates that a storm system is on the east side (opposite the sunset), travelling away from the viewer. A similar movement is noted all around the world, in both the northern and southern hemisphere. There are occasions where a storm system might rain itself out before reaching the observer (who had seen the morning red sky). However, for ships at sea, the wind and rough seas, from an approaching storm system, could still be a problem, even without rainfall.
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Wide Awakening
This is a panoramic view of the sun rising over Lake Michigan just beyond the Kewaunee, WI lighthouse.
Sometime I create the wide, panorama images by joining together several individual shots. This one, however, was created in the camera. My Sony SLT-A55V has a “sweep shooting” mode. When in sweep shooting mode, you hold the shutter button and slowly pan across the scene you want to capture. The camera takes multiple images and then joins them together in the camera.
As you can see, sometimes the results are pretty good. Sometimes, it’s better to put together individual images on the computer.
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Dreamscape
I’m always on the hunt for another alluring sunrise. It means getting up very early, packing up the gear and heading out in time to be at the scene well before the sun will rise. Often times, the best shots happen before the actual sunrise.
A view like this makes it all worth while. This is the lighthouse at Algoma, Wisconsin…just before sunrise.
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Wide Eyed Sunrise
Good morning Algoma! This is the sunrise greeting Algoma, WI Sunday morning, November 13, 2011.
There are several normal sized images I’ll post from this shoot, but there’s something special about being able to see the panoramic, wide-view – the big picture. This is a combination of three separate images “stitched” together.
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Dawn’s Brighter Light
I’ll have to tag this as one of my favorites. The rising sun, muted by light cloud cover and hidden behind the lighthouse, created a wonderful pallet of fall colors.
Another image of the lighthouse at Algoma, WI.
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Crimson Tide
Last Sunday morning I stopped by the Algoma, WI harbor on my way to church. (Thankful for the earlier sunrise due to the Daylight Savings time shift.)
It was a beautiful sunrise and a very productive shoot. I have several photos that I’ll be posting from this batch.
The sky is something on this one, but it’s the reflection off the water that makes this one for me. And the larger the image, the better it looks. To see it larger, click on the photo.
Moody Morning
My time is somewhat limited. My best opportunities for image hunting has been early Saturday and Sunday mornings. My best locations…given my limited time…is close to home. That’s why you see a lot of sunrise photos of the Algoma and Kewaunee lighthouse. (I live 2 miles from Kewaunee, 12 miles from Algoma.)
This was one of several nice shots I got from Kewaunee last Saturday. Winds have been gusty and the seas were rough. Then next morning – Sunday – I got some nice sunrise photos from Algoma. I’ll be posting some of those soon.
Burning Bush
This is what the sky looked like at my house last night. Well…at least a small portion of the sky. And, there really wasn’t any fire, just an amazing sunset sky.
I had to use the full reach of my 300mm lens for this shot. I think the bush is actually the top of a tree reaching above the horizion. The two sticks on either side are telephone poles.
The color range and smokey, warm-to-hot tones are what make this image for me.
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Sweet Distraction
Yesterday morning (Sunday) I was on my way to church and thought I should stop and take a few shots of the sunrise. The church where I serve as pastor is just a few blocks from this scene. This is the Algoma harbor and lighthouse taken from the marina area.
Those few clouds caught my eye. Normally I would crop this photo more, but I purposely left a lot of sky above the few clouds. That just seemed right to me.
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Opening Scene
I was hunting for a sunrise on a Saturday morning in September. Never actually saw the sun.
Those light streaks along the horizon were a muted orange color…so, I knew the sun was out there somewhere, but it didn’t show it’s face for this shoot. The great cloud bank redeemed the morning and gave me several interesting images. A good example is the panorama I posted as Panorama Perspective.
This was taken at the beach in Kewaunee, WI on the western shore of Lake Michigan.
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