grass, rails, fog, & early morning sun
Taken in Howard County, Maryland from route 97 at roughly 6:30AM
using Canon Rebel SL-1. Color of the image is fairly accurate for the scene as it appear...
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Taken in Howard County, Maryland from route 97 at roughly 6:30AM
using Canon Rebel SL-1. Color of the image is fairly accurate for the scene as it appeared to the eye.
Having nothing to do with this photograph, I am working in a very old version of Photoshop (CS-3), have been shooting with a point-and-shoot Nikon Coolpix L110 until roughly a year ago, when i switched to a Canon SL-1, and the way i award on Viewbug.com is much like the judges on Foodnetwork for Cut-throat Kitchen with Alton Brown; Regardless of the bulk(or page) of a photographer' work, does the image posted on the wall remind me of a masterpiece? It might be one of many, or a photographer's first and only photo, but if "it tastes like a great cookie, than it is a great cookie; doesn't matter how it got that way."
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using Canon Rebel SL-1. Color of the image is fairly accurate for the scene as it appeared to the eye.
Having nothing to do with this photograph, I am working in a very old version of Photoshop (CS-3), have been shooting with a point-and-shoot Nikon Coolpix L110 until roughly a year ago, when i switched to a Canon SL-1, and the way i award on Viewbug.com is much like the judges on Foodnetwork for Cut-throat Kitchen with Alton Brown; Regardless of the bulk(or page) of a photographer' work, does the image posted on the wall remind me of a masterpiece? It might be one of many, or a photographer's first and only photo, but if "it tastes like a great cookie, than it is a great cookie; doesn't matter how it got that way."
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john_arsenault
October 07, 2015
Just glad to be in the running. Here's hoping i can maintain this kind of standard with my photographs. Thank you.
VHiggins
November 03, 2015
Really beautiful shot! Love the beautiful golden tones and how the mist and trees are backlit. Welcome to Viewbug!
Badgrandad
November 11, 2015
Captured a beautiful image here with lovely moody tones to produce an image greater than its parts.
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RobinV
November 23, 2015
This is a very promising first photo from you. I'm curious to see more from your work.
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Bruz
December 03, 2015
Wow!! What a start in VB. This is an awesome shot John. I am with everyone else ... waiting for your next masterpiece.
Kdansir
December 17, 2015
Wonderful composition and lighting on this great photo. Nice work. I wanted to give you a Peer Award on this one and I moved my mouse before I could scroll down! Omer
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wliddy
February 14, 2016
Join the conversation. Add a comment or even better, a critique. Let's get better together!
NatureLoverJJWal
April 14, 2016
The fogs created this image so eye-catching. Congratulations on your award!
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farlow
September 28, 2016
lovely glden hour...silhouette really draws the eye into the photo to explore the depths. well done
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Behind The Lens
Location
This photo was taken on route 97 in Howard County, Maryland; a highway that goes from a quiet two-lane road in Howard County on its northern end, to six lanes (three either way) on its southern end as it arrives in the District of Columbia, the nation's capitol. This particular stretch of road is just south of where I-70 crosses it on its own 3000+ mile journey out of Maryland all the way to the Salt Lake City region of Utah.Time
Taken around 6:30AM, on my commute to work - you guessed it- all the way down on the Maryland-D.C. line at the local two year college.Lighting
Shooting directly into the sunrise, i was worried about both lens flare and the exposure (camera settings) so i shot several frames at slight variation on the settings for this final image; both under and overexposing, and slight variations both left and right.Equipment
I have rather limited equipment, consisting of a Canon Rebel SL-1, and two "kit" lens, both of which are Canon; a 18mm to 55mm F5.6 IS STM, and a 55mm to 250mm F5.6 IS STM. Fence post in place of a tripod due to time limitations.Inspiration
Roughly a year or so before taking this photo, i had gotten in the habit of not only carrying my camera equipment with me on my commutes both to and from work, but also keeping it on the passenger seat and at the ready, so to speak. I had and ongoing project of shooting photos from my car since i spent so much time driving both to and from work; over an hour each way. The inspiration for my commute project is also posted on Viewbug, a photo of Clown on the side of a bus sitting directly next to me at a red traffic light. I had just enough time to grab my camera and shot a couple of frames before the light changed and my subject drove away into D.C. traffic!Editing
Unlike my commuter project, this sunrise was shot from the side of the road after parking my car, allowing me to make several variation on the image. By having more than one image to work from, i was able to simply be selective about my choice when i took it into Photoshop for adjustment. The color and saturation of the final image are actually pretty close to what i saw in the camera. i sharpened it slightly, and "Dodged" the sun to avoid having the highlight of it totally blown out by the basic image settings in Photoshop. No color adjustment necessary that i recall. The was also no pre-image processing, that is to say no special filters; in fact, no filters of any kind at the time the shutter was pushed and the image captured.In my camera bag
Back in the days of film, i was heavily armed in terms of camera equipment, but had it all stolen around 1983. i never had enough money as an adult to bravely spend as i had done at a younger age, so when i finally got a digital camera, it was a Nikon CoolPix L110 just a few years back. I finally got a DSLR in the form of a Canon Rebel SL-1 and two lens, which i now carry around almost as often as i did the Coolpix, despite the extra bulk. I do have a tripod, but it could be better and often sits my shooting sessions out. Saving up for a better quality one like my old and long departed Leitz Tiltall.Feedback
The best advice i can give you is don't hesitate; shoot it. When i saw this sunrise unfolding, i knew i had to stop. when i saw a safe place to get out of traffic and park, i did. i was not running early to work, i was at best just on time. One internal voice said don't be late for work, but a more urgent and louder internal voice said, This is it. you won't ever see another sunrise quite like this one. Maybe just as beautiful or dramatic in a different way, but not the same. I just had to stop, and i am so glad i did. A tripod might have made things better quality, but in this case i don't believe there was time. it was a spontaneous shoot, and not a planned one. The Shutter speed was a not terribly fast for a hand-held shot, somewhere around 1/320th of a second and the aperature was F8. i was hoping that F8 would give me enough depth of field to capture the image as i envisioned, and for many of the shots that i took of this sunrise, i used a fence post as a poor mans tripod to offset the low light and fact that i was hand-holding the camera. The fact that it was taken in early daylight on an early autumn (October) day gave me the morning mist. the temperature changes and transitioning season- summer to fall-are often ideal for that sort of dramatic scene with mist. i would up using my longer lens to help simplify and isolate the scene, including pulling the sun in a little closer for effect.
