{"id":5212,"date":"2015-01-24T17:02:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T22:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2015-12-05T20:50:45","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T01:50:45","slug":"january-sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/traun-photo.com\/dan\/january-sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"January Sunrise #time-lapse"},"content":{"rendered":"

32 degrees on a January morning is always welcomed to me. \u00a0It is also an invitation to get out and shoot a sunrise. \u00a0Winter vs. Summer sunrises are a toss-up for me. \u00a0One plus to Winter sunrises is they happen later. \u00a0I am not opposed to getting up early, but 6 a.m. is always seems easier than 4 a.m.<\/p>\n

Cyndie and I initially planned on shooting at a favorite spot in Lake City, MN – a quick 20\u00a0minute drive\u00a0from where we live in Red Wing, MN. \u00a0We arrived at the point (off of Chestnut St) and just down from Ohuta Park. \u00a0We made good time and had plenty of time to spare. \u00a0Giving ourselves plenty of time was a good plan as there were minimal ice heaves present off the point. \u00a0There certainly were not enough to fill in the foreground of a photo.<\/p>\n

Like any plan, it is good to have a backup. \u00a0We back-tracked to the boat landing in Old Frontenac on Lake St. \u00a0I had stopped there on MLK day while driving around Lake Pepin after shooting the sunrise. \u00a0I noticed some ice fishing houses on the lake; I thought they where closer to the landing. \u00a0I was envisioning them as\u00a0a nice foreground for the sunrise shoot. \u00a0Upon arrival the parking lot was already full and folks where lining up on the ice to park. \u00a0The ice fishing houses where out further from shore; not in an ideal position unfortunately.<\/p>\n

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MLK Day 2015 Sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you were thoughtful enough to have a back up plan, chances are you have yet\u00a0another idea if the first and second option doesn’t pan out. \u00a0We still had plenty of time and decided to head back to Red Wing and then across the river into Wisconsin and to a favorite sunrise spot in Bay City. \u00a0This place works well any time of the year; with its close proximity to Red Wing, it is easy to reach if in a hurry. \u00a0The springs along the shore leave open water throughout the winter. \u00a0The open water affords local Mallards a quiet resting place as well as enable beautiful cloud reflections.<\/p>\n

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I shot the sunrise in three different sequences. \u00a0I have not shot any time lapse in a while, but felt inclined to do so because he the clouds were pretty epic this morning with nice gradual movement. \u00a0I wish I would have set up different cameras in the three locations and captured longer amount of time.<\/p>\n

First sunrise sequence time lapse<\/p>\n