Monday, September 20, 2010

When the sun doesn't rise

Riverbed at sunrise

I can hear it now — "Not another riverbed picture!" But I have an excuse. Really!

I'm taking a photography class, and the first week's assignment was to use light to express your subject in the best possible way. So I got up super early Sunday morning and headed off to the riverbed to catch the sunrise.

But there was no sun. Instead, there was this other-worldly mist rising off the water, and beautiful white birds (someone will have to tell me what kind) winging their way through it.

Not what I expected. But worthwhile anyway.

8 comments:

  1. For the first second I though it was painting. Great photo.

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  2. I'm glad you were rewarded for heading there early.

    What is that at the top of the frame? It looks like corrugated steel. Dying of curiosity.

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  3. This is gorgeous! I love the lone swan. I guess I need to get up earlier for those riverbed walks.

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  4. Thanks everyone!

    Mary Ann, the band at the top is the wrought iron-style fence that separates the walkway at the top of the riverbed from the park that is on the other side. You can see the trees and a little bit of the sky through it.

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  5. should I even comment that this picture is amazing?

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  6. After many comments (some email), I posted a version of this picture with the fence cropped out at http://flic.kr/p/8DfTjF.

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