Sunrise - bridge - egret

[allanrube]

I was frustrated by clouds last night while trying to shoot the full moon so I decided to get a sunrise shot today.

D3X with Nikon 70-200 at 70 mm
1/50 at f/13 iso 4900 iso 100

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[Jack Breakfast]

Very lovely indeed...where was this taken?

[Don Railton]

Hi Allan

This is beautiful..! I love the symmetry of the bridge, the placement of the bird and the sun and the depth you have achieved with the sky... If I were to play at all it would be only be to enhance the sky/cloud a little more, but I would take it as it is any day...

DON

[Robert Amoruso]

Allan,

I agree, like this one for the reasons mentioned. I am confused on the two ISO settings reported.

Another option here was low ISO, small aperture and longer exposure to create the silky look to the water.

[Jay Gould]

Allan, I opened this on my iPad and I am not seeing it full screen. It opened with the right edge showing. I then moved the image to show the left edge - I like this as a crop a lot better that the OP because it moves the egret and the sub to the 1/3 positions. Like the image on my uncalibrated iPad screen.

[Dave Woeller]

Beautiful color. I like that the sun is broken up a bit by being behind the bridge structure. At first I thought it would have been better a few minutes later with the sun above the bridge, but after looking for a while, I prefer this position.

[allanrube]

Jay, you do have a good point on the crop. I will give it a try later today or this evening.

Robert - 4900 was the wb. Bad typing. :(

Dave, I had one with the full sun but liked this one better. Glad you agree.

[Brendan Dozier]

Love the composition, Alan, pano works great and like where you placed sun. Good suggestions to make it stronger.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Alan,
Keep Roberts suggestions in mind for the future. A slower SS will smooth out the water.

[Morkel Erasmus]

missed this one Allan
Love the colours and overall image design
this would've been even better with the slower SS as mentioned...

[Angelika Schauf]

Nice sunset and warm colours.

[Sandy McMillan]

Ft. Desoto Fla. I wish I was there now.
Just beautiful!

[allanrube]

I tried for a lower ss yesterday to smooth the water but I did not have nd filters which were needed. Even at Iso 50 and f/22 the ss was a 1/2 or faster.

[Roman Kurywczak]

I tried for a lower ss yesterday to smooth the water but I did not have nd filters which were needed. Even at Iso 50 and f/22 the ss was a 1/2 or faster.
whip out the polariser next time Alan! Should work!