Off in the distance, a front was drifting by Red Wing Sunday evening as the sun was setting. The sun was still shinning brightly behind the clouds; shooting rays into the sky. [click on images to enlarge]
A bit later I shot two more panoramas to capture the full length of the cloud bank (21 frames each).
I then combined them both together into a 42 frame panorama
There was some beautiful light this morning in Bay City before, during and after sunrise. It was very cloudy early this a.m., but Mother Nature cooperated nicely.
It’s been awhile since I’ve captured this location. March 8th 2019 was the last sunrise attempt I made.
A few more photos of the wonderful light.
No sunrise to speak of this a.m. Only a fade from darkness to the light as the clouds rolled in overhead.
I am finding that even though I am not experiencing ideal conditions for sunrise, nature always provides a beautiful canvas. When the pre-sunrise color isn’t there, the subtly of the clouds provides a focal point. The waning crescent moon was also shining bright this morning and added a nice touch to the frame.
On the drive home I ran into a herd of Wild Turkeys.
I was a bit late getting home from work and was not so quick to change and load up my photo gear. The sunset forecast for this evening was not great; however the weather was so nice (40+ degrees on the 18th of December). I decided to venture out anyway.
I didn’t have enough time to get where I wanted to. Alternatively I found a n area on top of a bluff along a road with an area of wide-open space. If I wasn’t going to see an resemblance of a sunset, it could be viewed from here.
When the conditions are not necessarily what you are hoping for in a typical sunset, there are options. Abundant clouds in motion are perfect for time-lapse. I only wish I had gotten there sooner and had more time. Just under and hour of shooting yielded 5 whole seconds of video.
I used the Syrp Genie Mini Camera Motion Control – Wireless to achieve the rotation. An excellent way to introduce motion into your time-lapse sequences.
There was no sunshine at sunrise this a.m. I did catch a little bit of sun two hours after sunrise when it began to filter through the heavy fog and clouds.
Lake Pepin
Snow-covered
Moonset
The Roost
