Lake Minnewanna Morning Mist
The mist at sunrise on Lake Minnewanna at Metamora Hadley State Park.
The mist at sunrise on Lake Minnewanna at Metamora Hadley State Park.
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Oct, 2019Views
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Location
This photo was taken of the sunrise over Lake Minnewanna at Metamora-Hadley State Park in Michigan, just southwest of Lapeer, Michigan.Time
I took this photo at around 8:30 am on October 26, 2019, just as the sun was rising. Oh, and by the way, the temperature was about 35F! Brrrr!Lighting
I wanted to capture the motion and mystique of both the sky and the mist, so I used a longer exposure with the ambient light.Equipment
The photo was taken with my tripod-mounted Canon 80D, EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens at ~35mm; ISO100, f/25, and 0.6s exposure.Inspiration
We were camping with some friends, and I'd decided the night before to get up early to beat the sunrise so I could get set up. I wanted to capture the lake, but I was blessed enough to find that mist floating over the water! I wanted to get the fall colors, a dramatic sky, and the misty lake, and I think I captured that! I had also been on a hike through the woods before sunrise (i.e. still dark!) across the way from where this was taken, and I got spooked by something or someone throwing rocks into the water to scare me off! Bigfoot?! I couldn't get out of the woods fast enough!Editing
Yes, I did some work in Luminar to post-process; mostly color and contrast.In my camera bag
I typically carry my Canon 80D with my four lenses (50mm f/1.8, 10-18mm wide angle zoom, 18-55mm zoom, and 55-250mm zoom). I also have my Haida M10 pro filter holder with a 10-stop ND and 3-stop GND filter. I also carry a Godox V850II flash with a MagSphere and MagBeam for portrait work. Of course, I always have my standard accessories like spare batteries, lens hoods, memory cards, etc.Feedback
My advice is always simple...soak up everything about where you are, and feel the story that starts to reveal itself about your subject and your surroundings. I'm always amazed that eventually a compelling story begins to emerge, and my job then becomes how best to capture that story. Sometimes that's easy to do, sometimes it's damn hard, and sometimes I'm not able to do it at all. It's those times that I just enjoy the story and the moment, and then later it drives me to get better at my craft so in the future I can perhaps succeed.
