Dawn Caleidoscope

Frozen Sunrise

A sunrise over a very cold landscape, need to say more? Lines, contrast and colours all in one go.

Photo by Frank Panis

Shooting Data:

Camera: Nikon D700
Lens: AFS 17-35mm f/2.8D @17mm
Sensitivity: ISO 200
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/200s - f9.0
Flash: none
Support: handheld
Image: RAW, converted in Nikon CNX 2.1.1

Indian Head at Dawn

This photo was taken in the Sonoran Desert in the Southwest corner of the state of Arizona. The mountain is known as Indian Head. It is supposed to resemble a Native American Indian with his Headdress on. This can only be seen if viewed from the north as the image is made up of series of ridges that do not look at all like a head if viewed from the south. In fact it is very hard to get any image at all that you are looking at the same mountains when viewed from the south. Indian Head is in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Arizona.

Photo by Dave Laubach

Shooting Data:

Camera: Nikon D70
Lens: Sigma 70-300mmD 1:4-5.6 APO @ 300 mm
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/45s - f5.6 - Aperture priority mode
Flash:none
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS2, levels adjusted, color saturation, smart sharpening added and resized.

Sunrise in Alexandroupolis

I woke up early in the morning and grabbed my camera about 20 minutes before sunrise. The weather forecast called for a rainy day so I wanted to take pictures of the cloudy sky during the sunrise - which would create all sorts of interesting colors and shapes in the sky. I decided to go next to the beach and include the water element in the picture. Unfortunately, there was no way to take the sun and the sea without including the umbrella and the chairs. At this point I thought  "why not ?" I placed them in the left third of the picture leaving more space to the natural elements. I used an ultra wide angle lens for three reasons. It would include as much as possible in the photo, it would also allow me to use a low shutter speed and finally, it would give me a tremendous depth of field if I used a small aperture - which I did.  

Photo by George J. Reclos

Shooting Data:
 
Camera: Nikon D2X
Lens: Sigma 12-24 mm D, 1:4.5-5.6, DG HSM @ 12 mm.
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Shutter speed - aperture: 1/15 sec, f/22 Aperture priority mode
Flash: SB-800 in i-TTL mode
Image: JPEG edited in Photoshop CS2, levels adjusted, smart sharpening added and resized.