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Jet star sunrise



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Contest Finalist in Beautiful Sunrises Photo Contest
Contest Finalist in Misplaced Photo Contest by PhaseOne
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31 Comments | Report
believeit2receiveit
 
believeit2receiveit February 24, 2013
Great capture ...
cevert
 
cevert March 13, 2013
Wow, incredible shot! Congratulations on the award :)
jleiweke
 
jleiweke March 14, 2013
Congrats!
Anatole
 
Anatole March 14, 2013
Great Shot. Please if you can take a look at my photos.
jenbmama
 
jenbmama March 14, 2013
really wonderful picture!
TraceElementsPhotography
 
TraceElementsPhotography March 14, 2013
Very nice! Congrats on award!
rmr731 Platinum
 
rmr731 March 14, 2013
Wow - awesome shot! I don't think I want to go on that roller coaster! Congrats!
kelijennings
 
kelijennings March 14, 2013
Great photo! Congrats on your award!
Angela_Lewry
 
Angela_Lewry March 14, 2013
Stunning photo :)
joanemanvasquez
 
joanemanvasquez March 16, 2013
congrats
tsambaproductions
 
tsambaproductions March 16, 2013
congrats
DesireedeLeeuw PRO
 
DesireedeLeeuw March 16, 2013
thank you all so much!! :)
Anatole
 
Anatole March 19, 2013
Did you see my phoo from SeaSide heights?
JeffreyA
 
JeffreyA March 19, 2013
congrats.. cool shot
michmcbowen
 
michmcbowen March 24, 2013
Awwwww, SeaSide Hieghts!! Great shot!!! Congrats!
hikingmaniac
 
hikingmaniac March 25, 2013
Nice capture!
BLAKSTEEL
 
BLAKSTEEL March 28, 2013
Congrads On This Fantastic Capture!
BrianBasson PRO+
 
BrianBasson April 10, 2013
Congratulation with the award Desiree! Great use of light! Brian :-)
Alaska68752
 
Alaska68752 June 02, 2013
Great job on this one. Voted.
SteveFlint
 
SteveFlint October 07, 2013
wild picture! nicely done.
donboccardo
 
donboccardo February 18, 2014
Truly remarkable!!! LOVE IT!!
rutuchoc
 
rutuchoc March 12, 2014
nice subjective pic ...
sweetpea72
 
sweetpea72 March 12, 2014
WOW...Congrats! :)
kjodway
 
kjodway March 12, 2014
Congrats
cmorisset PRO+
 
cmorisset March 12, 2014
Bravo!
leeannader
 
leeannader March 12, 2014
Great shot!
greyfloppysocks
 
greyfloppysocks March 13, 2014
Wonderful contrast and colors!
tracygrossoflanagan
 
tracygrossoflanagan March 14, 2014
Great shot!!! Wow so close to home!!! Congratulations and good luck!!!
oliversutton
 
oliversutton March 14, 2014
That's just amazing!
smshaffer PRO+
 
smshaffer March 17, 2014
congrats...cool capture
PDO1962
 
PDO1962 April 04, 2014
Very cool
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Behind The Lens

Location

Seaside Heights, NJ

Time

Sunrise

Lighting

Natural light

Equipment

Nikon D300, 28-135mm lens, tripod for a slower shutter speed

Inspiration

After Hurricane Sandy, there were so many images of the destruction, of sadness, of memories lost/taken by the storm... seeing the roller coaster sitting in the ocean the next morning was one of the most unbelievable... but seeing the sunrise behind it gave such hope... a new day... new beginnings... though a long tough journey ahead without question...

Editing

Minor tweaking in lightroom, I generally take my photographs the way I like them to look in camera...

In my camera bag

It depends on the day... this day, only the camera, lens, and tripod..

Feedback

For this, you have to be willing to get up early... early enough to beat the sunrise to the spot you want to photograph... and for this... willing to go where you really were not allowed...

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