Comments on: Heart of the Sunrise

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:08:06 +0000

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...

By: Paul Smail

Paul Smail — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:00:19 +0000

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

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:17:53 +0000

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.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:15:17 +0000

Chris Underwood: You’re right — I think sunrises are missed by many. Too bad too, they are worth the effort.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 23:14:11 +0000

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…

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 20:03:14 +0000

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.

By: Chris Underwood

Chris Underwood — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:21:03 +0000

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.

By: karlu

karlu — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 17:23:57 +0000

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!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:59:05 +0000

David Masse: I don’t think there were any mornings like that while you were in town.

By: David Masse

David Masse — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 00:39:34 +0000

Wow!