Magic moments — sunrise and sunset — the time of day where the world is a painting. Flying through the colored light on a Vespa, breathing in the glow of the world, my god how sweet life is. And for a few moments I can hear Jon Anderson whispering, “Dream on, on to the heart of the sunrise…”
Showing my age.
Steve, this is a gorgeous sunrise photo. Thanks.
Great photo – magic moment indeed.
I really like the colors. Wonderfully captured.
Brent: Thank you for the kind words about the picture. Hard to go wrong when you combine a Vespa with a sunrise!
Canajun: I just love being on the road when the light and the air combine to deliver a thrill that riders are familiar with. It’s the experience that keeps drawing me back to the road…
RichardM: Thanks! Made the picture on the way to get my daughter Aleta and take her to the MSF riding class. Nice way to start the day.
Wow!
David Masse: I don’t think there were any mornings like that while you were in town.
Steve
You certainly have the right combination of light, humidity, and landscape (and of course a Vespa) to make a beautiful shot.
We, on the other hand, have those things (mainly humidity) together one or two times a year!
I agree – wonderful photograph. And yes, there is something purely magical about being out at sunrise. The light is more pure and the colour more real, for lack of a better word, than sunset. I think it has to do with the fact that so fewer people see sunrise vs sunset.
When I saw the title of this post, that song came into my head, too. It’s not so much a sign of your age, it’s more the sign of a timeless song.
karlu: I miss more sunrises than I care to admit, at least from the road. Central Pennsylvania has great diversity in many respects — weather, landscape and roads. Sometimes I forget my good fortune to be here…
Chris Underwood: You’re right — I think sunrises are missed by many. Too bad too, they are worth the effort.
Unknown: Heart of the Sunrise is one of my favorite pieces by Yes. Hard to believe I’ve been listening to it for over forty years.
Beautiful photograph. Did you make it using your iPhone?
It’s taking me a long time to adjust to camera phones and compact digital cameras after being able to manage depth of field and other settings mechanically on an F2 or F3.
Paul
Paul Smail: I made the picture with a Canon G15. Processed it in Adobe Lightroom. The color is native. The only thing I did was adjust the exposure — I underexpose scenes like that where the sun is in the picture and bring the shadows up later.
And I brought the clarity up to +5. Other than that it was a straight shot. Manual exposure.
You can make the leap from a manually adjusted film camera to the quasi-adjustable digital ones. Takes some tinkering to get the camera to do what you want it to do…