Iowa Sunrise (Pics) Updated 8-9

[vi edit]

I'm always up at sunrise, and happend to drive past a perfect place to take pictures. I might turn this into an everyday/every other day thing taking pictures of the sunrise everymorning and making a scrap book out of it.

These are GREATLY reduced in size and quality. Original pics were about 1 meg, reduced down to about 70k on average.

Anywhoo, on with the pics.

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Panorama

 

[mpitts]

Very nice. What camera did you use to take the pics?

 

[vi edit]

Canon G2. Any photo buffs know if there is anyway to get a brighter image of the foreground? I had the shutter speed set to the slowest it would go to allow the most light. I didn't use a flash, but I didn't think that would make any difference.

I was using the night mode of the camera to take the pics.

 

[MichaelD]

Very nice pics. I love sunrise...it's like a rebirth, you know? Makes you happy inside.

ps
How is our friend, Mr. Ken Wood doing?

 

[ThePresence]

Nice.

 

[FeathersMcGraw]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
Canon G2. Any photo buffs know if there is anyway to get a brighter image of the foreground? I had the shutter speed set to the slowest it would go to allow the most light. I didn't use a flash, but I didn't think that would make any difference.

I was using the night mode of the camera to take the pics.

If you're at the slowest shutter speed and don't have a bulb setting, you're stuck without Photoshop. On a film camera, you could use push-processing (underexpose the negative and compensate for it at process time), but that option doesn't exist for digital cameras.

A flash will brighten the immediate foreground, but since you're shooting into infinity, you're going to get a bright foreground which fades into shadow as the flash power drops off (which I'm guessing will be maybe five to ten feet).

 

[Electric Amish]

I couldn't imagine living is a plce so flat...

amish

 

[vi edit]

I was taking the pics from the highest point in town(besides the water tower).

It was probably a whopping 120 feet above sea level

 

[Azraele]

Beautiful pics. Sunrise is such a peaceful time of day.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Electric Amish
I couldn't imagine living is a plce so flat... amish

You think Iowa is flat? Checkout North Dakota it is so flat you could see your dog run away for a week



Ausm

 

[MazerRackham]

My question is why the hell are you out driving around at sunrise!!?!?!! Get back in bed!

Very nice pics, by the way

 

[vi edit]

Combination exercise/fun money income. I deliver newspapers in the morning for about an hour to get some exercise, as well as some VERY nice spending $$.

 

[Draknor]

Nice pics!

I could get up at sunrise too, if I went to bed at a decent hour

Where are you at in Iowa? I thought it was ISU, but I don't remember.

Edit: <-- Found the Profile button

 

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