From the flight deck at dawn

[Ian Cassell]

Well, Doug beat me to a Bosque dawn shot from this past week ... Ah well, here is mine anyway.

Canon 7D
Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 @ 50mm
1/30 sec f/7.1 ISO 800 HH

A little crop for composition, levels, and removal of a couple of stray flying birds (!) in CS5
NR in Noiseware Pro

[dankearl]

Your sunrise is lovely as well, Brendan, muted and beautiful.

[Roger Clark]

Ian,

Nice very early image and nice colors. A few birds. I would crop a little off the bottom; maybe include more sky.

Where are the huge flocks of birds? Any big blast-offs?

Roger

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Ian,
Very nice colors, I'm with Roger regarding the bottom....just above the mud or grasses that are horizontal in the LR. You could also go a bit off the top to pano.......but just an option for you to explore and not a deal breaker. If you go along the loop road.....you can find a few more places at sunrise with some better FG options....but not easy there!!!

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks folks. I tried a bit more of a pano approach. Thoughts?

Roger, I don't have anything to compare it to (this was my first time there), but I saw a bunch of blast-offs. I loved the place and will be going back again and again, I'm sure (I was there for ~5 days and got home Saturday night).

[Robert Amoruso]

I am liking the repost much better Ian.

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Ian, I too prefer the repost.

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks. I think I like this crop better as well.

[Brendan Dozier]

Awesome Bosque color, Ian, and repost looks great! Look forward to seeing more from your trip.

[Rachel Hollander]

Ian - Much prefer the repost. Beautiful colors. Nice job.

TFS,
Rachel

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks, everyone!

[Morkel Erasmus]

Ian, I prefer the repost. Why did you clone out the flying birds? Were they too small in the frame to add to the shot?

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks, Morkel. The few birds looked like specks of dust and I don't think they added anything to the scene.