Lousy Morning, Great Photographs

Horizon in the rain, see the raindrops on the lens

You never know what a day will bring.  After I finish photographing the sunset last night, I decided I would return early in the morning to photograph the sunrise and the moon before it set.  I arose early, the sky looked cloudy, and the radar looked like there was some rain in the area.  I traveled back out to Gooseberry Neck, and when I arrived it was drizzling and the sky was dark, with a faint hint of light at the horizon.  I said to myself, maybe I should've stayed in bed.  However, I continue to watch the sky and as we got closer to sunrise, the sky by the rise and brightened up into beautiful shades of red and orange.  The sun arose, continuing the color until it went into the cloud bank and disappeared.  As you'll see from the following pictures, I did obtain some, what is to me, beautiful photographs.

The sun just prior to going behind the clouds

I also photographed the blue clouds and sky that were in the Western sky over Rhode Island Sound.  So no matter what the forecast is, go out, enjoy the outdoors and you never know what you will see.

Sea Fog, Scenics at Duxbury Beach

Today I met 2 friends on Duxbury beach, to see if they could obtain better photographs of the snowy owl.  We were there at low tide, and despite numerous trips up and down the beach road the snowy owl was seen only once extremely far out over the marsh.  However, photographically wise, the day was not a loss.  The scenics were great.

First on the way to the beach, prior to sunrise, I obtained this picture on PowerPoint road, looking toward the dawn on the horizon.  Just after sunrise. 

 

This photograph was taken across the marsh grass with the clouds highlighted by the Sun. 

The final pictures were taken over the ocean, where there was sea fog over the water.  Sea fog or sea smoke occurs when cold air passes over the warmer water.  Today the temperature was 11°F with the wind bringing it down to around 0° wind-chill.

The photographs of the beach, ocean clouds and the fog were created by 3 and 5 image HDR's in NIK HDR Efex Pro and then I utilized Color Efex Pro 4, for adjustments