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Icy sunrise

Sunrise over Lake Superior in Minnesota

Sunrise over Lake Superior in Minnesota
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NIKON D7100

settings

Aperture f/10 ISO 200 Shutter 1/60 Focal Length 16/1

location

Two Harbors, Minnesota, US

upload_date

Nov, 2018

Views

183

Likes

+57

Awards

People's Choice in Looks like a painting Photo Challenge

Peer Award

+19

Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

Top Choice

Magnificent Capture

Superior Skill

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was Taken on the North Shore of Lake Superior near Two Harbors, MN.

Time

Both Dawn and sunrise are amazing when the ice is forming or melting on the shore. Mother Nature’s Art changes every day as the ice builds up from the crashing waves or melts as the sun warms the rocks. Big storms will roll through and change the entire landscape moving rocks over to a different place. About once every 8-10 years Lake Superior will freeze over like most of the other lakes in Minnesota!

Lighting

No additional lighting was used! The natural colors of sunrise create the warmth in a cold environment!

Equipment

This photo was taken with a Nikon D7100 which I no longer own and the glass was a Tamron 16-300 mm zoom which was my walk around lens at that time. No flash or tripod was used and a steady hand was needed in the low light conditions! I do shoot in bursts which helps get rid of some camera movement. I always have a UV haze filter on to protect the lens and it has a slight effect on the results!

Inspiration

I walk the shoreline of Lake Superior often when there is ice. Get a good set of YakTracs ice cleats or chains and you are ready to go. You will be amazed at what you see.

Editing

The key to this photo is in the post processing to help bring out the dynamic range of light and colors that the camera can not capture? The extreme difference between the darkness of the shadows behind the rocks and the coming sunrise is just too different for the camera to capture. I load all of my photos directly into Adobe Lightroom and generally have a RAW file and a .jpeg of each photo. I generally make general adjustments to the RAW image in Lightroom which could include cropping, straightening, Exposure, brightness, highlights, contast and shadows reduction and lens correction. I then transfer the image into Photoshop where I process the RAW image. This is where all the detail work is done to highlight shadows, remove imperfections, adjust the tone. If I remember correctly I did use an HDR editor with this image to get the painted effect. When completed I export a Tiff for printing and a jpeg for online publishing. Adobe always keeps the original image and the edited images side by side.

In my camera bag

On most days I carry two cameras: a Nikon d500 with Tamron 150-600mm for Wildlife and a Sony a7iii with 24-105mm zoom for landscape. I have various lens for specific projects that I may have along but I do not carry them. I have become a two camera person because I was frustrated by always having on the wrong lens and not getting the photo!

Feedback

Learn what your camera can really do and invest in post processing software. Learn, learn, learn.

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Icy sunrise

Sunrise over Lake Superior in Minnesota

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