Sunrise over Buzzards Bay With the Family

Grandson enjoying the sunrise

Today was the last day that my son and grandson from England would be with me before they left to spend the rest of their vacation here in the states with their mother/grandmother.  We woke up early to travel out to Gooseberry Neck in Westport to enjoy the sunrise over Buzzards Bay.  Those of you have that have been following my blog know that I love photographing the sunrises at Buzzards Bay, but, I really have not photographed many sunrises this summer, basically because the sunrise was extremely early.  I know good photographer should get up the matter what time it is, however, I felt that I would leave the sunrises to the late summer and into winter.
We had a really great sunrise, the colors were spectacular and there was just enough clouds to make it extremely interesting and beautiful.  The family enjoyed it and they even obtained excellent photographs.

For more intimate views of the sunrise, I utilize my Tamron 180 mm macro lens on my crop frame camera.

The rest of the photographs were obtained when a Tamron 28-75 mm f/2.8 lens.  I underexpose the photos in order to increase the saturation of the color.  There was minimal post processing performed.

Sunrise and Post Processing utilizing NIK plug-ins

Each morning that I photograph the sunrise on Buzzards Bay is different.  This is due to the presence of clouds, the amount of moisture in the air, the amount the particulate matter that may be present in the air, and many other factors.
So, returning to the same location can give you a variety of pictures.  What else helps to increase the beauty of the pictures is post processing and the use of plug-in filters I have been utilizing NIK software, especially VIVEZA 2 and Color Efex Pro 4.  These plug-ins are available for Light Room, Photoshop, and Aperture.
Here is a 3 image stack that I processed in NIK HDR EFEX PRO and then utilize VIVEZA and Color Efex Pro 4.  So, which image do you like best.  Let me know by sending me a comment. 
Original

Processed

..