Skywatch Friday ~ Golden Sunrise (11-28-10)

This was such a gorgeous golden sunrise! I woke up later than usual on this morning and I was already scrambling to get ready for church, when I looked out my window and saw this.  Well....even though I was already running late, I just had to grab my camera and get a few shots, ya know!  Oh, how I wish I would have had more time because this is my favorite kind of sunrise.  Clouds and fog always make the sunrise even more beautiful!  Oh and did I mention that there was no time to grab my tipod?  Ugh....I know I could have gotten some spectacular shots, with the tripod!  Because I was hand holding the camera, I had to have my shutter speed set to at least 1/60th of a second, to prevent camera shake and I wasn't able to set my aperture to f/22, like I normally would, but....I did the best I could without my tripod!

Canon Rebel Xsi

Canon EFS 55-250mm lens

Manual mode

Aperture f/20

Shutter Speed 1/60 sec.

ISO 100

Manual mode

Aperture f/20

Shutter Speed 1/80 sec.

ISO 100

Manual mode

Aperture f/20

Shutter Speed 1/60 sec.

ISO 100

Manual mode

Aperture f/20

Shutter Speed 1/80 sec.

ISO 100

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Skywatch Friday ~ Sunrise 11-28-2010

Those of you who know me, know how much I love to take pics of the sunrise and I'll tell you, since I've been laid up from my back surgery, I've really missed getting out there with my camera! I'm a little out of practice, but it feels good to be getting back in the saddle again, so to speak!

 

Ohhh, to see those vibrant colors in the sky and capture them with my camera, just brings me such joy and I don't know why, but it just makes me feel alive!  Wow...I'm amazed everyday with the beauty of God's creation! 

Canon Rebel XSi

Canon 55-250mm lens

Manual Mode

Aperture f/22

Shutter Speed 1/40 sec.

ISO 100

Focal Length 84.0 mm

Manual Mode

Aperture f/22

Shutter Speed 1/100 sec.

ISO 100

Focal Lenth 84.0 mm

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Skywatch Friday ~ Astoria-Megler Bridge at sunset!

The Astoria, Megler Bridge stretches 4.1 miles from Astoria, Oregon across the mouth of the Columbia River, to Point Ellice, Washington. It is the longest continuous truss bridge in North America.

These first two photos were the first two shots that I took and I like them both for different reasons.  I think the first one is a little better exposure, but I like the composition in the second one because of the pilings in the foreground, plus I love the ducks too. LOL

It was so hard to choose my favorites because I had so many, but I did my best!

This one may be a little dark for your liking......but I love it!

I love this one also....and the rest as well!

Ok, so I noticed that I need to clean my lens again, because I can see a couple of water spots on these photos.  Ugh!  I guess I will have to edit the spots out in photoshop, if and when I ever get my computer fixed!

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Skywatch Friday ~ Sun Rays!

These were taken on January 24, 2010.
I was right in the middle of exercising on my Elliptical machine, when I saw these sun rays shooting down through the clouds, so of course I had to get some shots of it!  :)

 

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Skywatch Friday ~ Sunrise Sillouettes!

I took these pictures on Jan. 9, 2010. I just love it when it's still dark, before the sunrise and you start to see that beautiful, deep orange color with the sillouette of the horizon and trees! It's so gorgeous and peaceful!  These were taken in Manual mode with my Canon Rebel Xsi and my 55-250 mm lens.  Aperture f/16, Shutter Speed 1/8 sec., ISO 100, Focal length 171 mm

Aperture f/16, Shutter Speed 1/8 sec., ISO 100, Focal length 100 mm

Aperture f/16, Shutter Speed 1/8 sec., ISO 100, Focal length 100

Aperture f/22, Shutter Speed 1/8 sec., ISO 400, Focal length 123 mm

Aperture f/22, Shutter Speed 1/8 sec., ISO 400, Focal length 135 mm

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Skywatch Friday ~ Beauty Before Sunrise!

These were beautiful skies on March 15th and thankfully my husband woke me up from a dead sleep to capture them!  I hit the floor running, as I threw on my clothes, grabbed my camera and tripod, put on my socks and shoes, flew out the door, climbed down the hill and proceeded to set up my tripod on uneven terrain.  Whew....I was out of breath!  The only regret is that I don't think I was fully awake yet, so I forgot to change my aperture.  I changed everything else, but unfortunately it was on f/5.6, therefore the trees and branches in the foreground are not sharp. If I would have changed the aperture to somewhere between f/11 and f/22 like I normally do, everything in the picture would have been sharp and in focus.  Oh well.....lesson learned! Hopefully next time I will be fully awake and have my thinking cap on.  LOL

This was my first shot and as you can see....the horizon isn't quite level. My tripod wasn't cooperating with  me or the uneven ground!

The colors in the sky were simply gorgeous!

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Skywatch Friday ~ Sunset on the Beach!

I realized that I hadn't taken any pictures of the sunset in quite awhile, so Andy and I decided to head to the beach.  As we were driving on the beach we were amazed to see cars parked everywhere and almost every vehicle had someone standing beside it snapping pictures of the sunset! I can't remember the last time I've seen that many people on our beach....I guess we all had the same idea! LOL 

I took these on March 6, 2010

It really WAS spectacular!

You can barely see the silloutte of these little birds.  Right after I snapped this shot the sun was gone, so I didn't have a chance to adjust my exposure to make it a little bit lighter, but I still love these little birdies anyway!

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Skywatch Friday ~ Red Cloud Sunrise!

I've been away from Skywatch for a couple of months now, since my computer died on me and I'm glad to be back. Hopefully I will have my computer fixed soon, but for now I have to use my husband's, when he is not working. I hope you enjoy these red and pink clouds as much as I did!

***(click on pictures to enlarge)

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Skywatch Friday ~ Sunrise 12-6-09

Aperture: f/16, Shutter speed: 1/60 sec., ISO: 100
Ok, so get this.....I was actually trying to blow dry my hair and run outside and take pics of this sunrise all at the same time, in the bitter cold on that morning. My hair froze and dried weird, so I ended up having a bad hair day with no time to really fix it very well, since I was running late. It was quite comical, but I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to practice taking some more sunrise shots. While running back inside to try and fix my hair, I missed the sun when it first peeked over the mountains, but what's a girl supposed to do? I had to get beautified and that takes time! Anyway, it was worth sacrificing my hair to get these shots! lol

f/16 + 1/60 sec. + ISO 400

An eagle was flying around.....do you see it? They are so beautiful!

f/16 + 1/60 sec. + ISO 200

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Skywatch Friday: Saddle Mountain ~ Just After Sunrise!

These pics are the last of the series, from the beautiful sunrise that I have been posting for Skywatch Friday, for three weeks in a row now. These are straight out of the camera. (So far, I have not edited any of my sunrise pictures with photoshop.)

This is the view that I get to see every day, right out of my living room window!

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