When planets align, the universe brings us a new day!
As I’m gathering steam in the re-establishment of my creative spark in photography, I want to revisit some of the series that I have enjoyed in earlier posts.
I’m sure that many of you remember the ‘Yoga Tree’ series of a tree in an astounding pose, photographed against various skies and across the seasons. Let’s make Wednesdays about her!
Birth of the Sun
Just over 9 years ago, I captured this image. It inspired me to think that when planets align, the universe brings us a new day.
Let’s keep our planetary voyage moving forward toward all that is good and inspiring!
During the photography trip to Acadia National park in Maine, there were several key photo opportunities that were not to be missed; one of these is to photograph the very early sunrise atop Cadillac Mountain in the park.
During a large part of the year, Cadillac Mountain allows one to see the earliest sunrise in the United States, a fact that attracts a significant number of photographers to this location, despite the incredibly early hour. The following is one of the images that I captured during this morning session…
Cadillac Sunrise
This was captured at 4:45 a.m. on June 8, 2021, as the Sun is just beginning to show a sliver of its orb above the horizon. The weather really cooperated on this day, as the clouds made for a great canvas for the Sun’s early rays to paint the rose-fingered dawn, as Homer might say.
This image was shot with a Canon EOS R5 using a Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM lens; aperture was at f/9 with an exposure of 1/250s at 800 ISO. Post processing was done using Luminar 4 by Skylum.
Welcome to the 151st round up of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Thank you for a truly amazing set of Sunrise posts this week! With each new dawn, there were more gorgeous photos and great posts to enjoy. The variety of approaches showed off your creative touch, and I really enjoyed reading each and every one of them!
A big thanks for your effort and I hope you enjoy each other’s posts!
Here’s a sunrise from a number of years ago…
Sunrise over Warfield Ridge
As my wife and I were in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, I decided to take the opportunity to get some early morning photography of the battlefields, before tourists would descend upon the locale. The power of these locations around dawn is palpable and left a deep impression on me.
The following were this week’s participants in the challenge with links to their posts:
We start with another wonderul contribution in pensivity101, where she shares great sunrises, some of which are from special days!
Brian shares some amazing sunrises in his post in Bushboy’s World; plus there’s some rather fitting music for this week: great choice!
Kammie has some great sunrises in her post in Nut House Central; love of camping helps experience them!
We’re shown the benefit of getting up early in Geriatri’X’ Fotogallery; that is a stunning series of images of the sunrise!
In ladyleemanila‘s post, we are treated to a beautiful series of images silhouetting the city at sunrise.
Yinglan shares a stunning sunrise photo this week in This is Another Story; Capitol Reef National Park looks amazing!
Na’ama’s post in Na’ama Yehuda brings us both an amazing image and thoughtful prose to ponder the new dawn…
A truly stunning sunrise is featured in Land of Images, as the Sun comes up over the Ribble.
Mariola’s post in Little White Pearls brings us a couple of gorgeous sunrise shots from different seasons!
Maria has another stunning photo in her blog KameraPromenader, where she captures the Sun’s first rays in frozen waterdrops…
Sarah’s post in By Sarah features a stunning sunrise over the sea! Truly magical!
In a lovely post in Willowsoul, we get several perspectives on sunrise; the dog maybe the smart one 🙂
This week’s entry in Chateaux des Fleurs captures several stunning sunrises from altitude.
In a great post in Travel with Tech, we are treated to a gorgeous series of sunrise images.
In a stunning post in Don’t Forget the Half, we get to see a great view of a stunning sunrise from an airplane.
Jase definitely knows how to start us up in great photo in Proscenium; that is a wonderful sunrise!
In a beautiful photo in Fleeting Muse, we get to see the Sun rise over the river Ganga in Varanasi, India.
Penny’s poem in Penny Wilson Writes brings us to yearnings, unquenched, with tension that is palpable!
Ken shares some amazing sunrise photos in his post in Pictures without Film; those look like great places to visit!
Woolly found a trully glorious sunrise to photograph in Woolly Muses; the color and the water are amazing!
More amazing sunrises show up in a lovely post in A Day in the Life; the light on the beach is stunning!
With another great photo in their blog sgeoil, we are treated to a stunning sunrise!
In a great post in Touring with Kids, we get to see sunrise from the point in the continental United States that sees it first: Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park!
In iball round the world‘s post, we get to see the Sun rise at a truly exotic location: the Nile river!
Welcome to week 151 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge.
This week’s theme is another instance of surprised that I haven’t used this theme before! While Morning has been a theme, Sunrise has not been used yet. As I always look for the themes to be accessible to everyone, I figured that the Sun is available to most of us, Earthlings. Of course, it does happen early in the day, so night owls might be disadvantaged, but I’m sure their creative minds can come up with a workaround for rising early!
Most of all, have a lot of fun with this theme!!
This sunrise is from last week…
A Cold Morning
I had the fun of spending a day with fellow photographers, braving the cold of the Maine coast! The temperature at this time was only 3F(-16C), but the sunrise was spectacular, and putting it behind the Portland Head lighthouse made for a dramatic image…
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
Looking forward to see what comes round the bend this week!
Welcome to Week 139 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
First of all, I’m running a bit behind schedule, as I am in the middle of redoing my studio space and just got the basics rewired during the past hour. There’s still the audio cabling and arranging of instruments and microphones to set up for some musical work. The end result is that I will be finishing up the weekly round up tomorrow for posting on Wednesday.
This is a perfect lead-in to this week’s theme, as the challenge is to capture Anticipation… That moment, when you know that what your heart desires is arriving soon, or maybe not… Will it or won’t it? All of us have felt the anticipation of that special day, when presents might arrive; it could be a birthday, Chanukah. Eid Al-Fitr, Sinterklaas, Christmas, or any other significant day. The look of wonder in a child’s eyes or many other possibilities.
I anticipate a truly amazing set of images, as we cross the Winter solstice in the Northern hemisphere (and Summer in the south). I’m filled with the joy of what I might get to see and read! Have fun and enjoy this season!
Here’s something we might anticipate…
Birth of the Sun
Each day the Sun rises… it is something that we might take for granted, but I, for one, eagerly anticipate the beauty that the new day will bring. While it is a daily event, there is something of renewal and spiritual recharge that occurs with the birth of the Sun…
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
Welcome to Week 137 of the Tuesday Photo Challenge!
Amidst the hubbub of the holiday season (or is it the shopping season?), all of might wish for a moment of quietude; to find peace in the maelstrom of deadlines, demands and expectations is precious any time of year, and, possibly, even more sought after this time of year. With that in mind, I thought it might be nice to have this week’s theme be Tranquil!
Take a moment to breathe deep, maybe meditate and center yourself; let your creative mind’s eye guide you to express the Tranquil state. Hopefully, you are there, or it’s what you look to achieve. Have fun, relax and enjoy this week’s challenge!
Here’s a relaxing moment to get you going…
Peaceful Morning
Rocky Pond has provided for a number of great moments to photograph over the years, and this morning was no exception. Nearly still, with the Sun peeking around the tree, accentuated by birdsong, this was a tranquil moment!
The full rules of this challenge are in TPC Guidelines, but here’s the tl;dr:
Create a pingback link to this post, so that I can create a post showing all of the submissions over the week (note: pingbacks may not appear immediately, as my site is set up to require approval for linking to it; helps against previous bad experiences with spamming)
Have fun creating something new (or sharing something old)!!
Moments of inspiration can arise any time of the day, as some of us are morning people, afternoon folks or night owls. There’s no rhyme or reason, that I know of, for the time of day for lighting the creative fuses, although I do understand that the distribution of preferred time of day is a tribal survival mechanism.
I’m neither a morning person nor a true night owl, although there is something about the quiet of the morning, before everything is stirring, that is very attractive to me; it allows for that meditative time, when all that surrounds us can be breathed in.
One such moments found me by the yoga tree…
Sol, it arises!
As it was late Winter, morning was not coming too early for me to catch it and this moment shortly after sunrise was just magical!
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge has the very hopeful theme of Rise/Set, which asks to share some of our favorite sunrises or sunsets.
There are a couple of these that come to mine, so I may do more than a single post in response to this challenge. Of course, those of you who have followed my blog for a while know what is coming next: the Yoga Tree! I have captured her beauty around the time of many sunrises, as she stood proud in the fields.
This one may be a good place to start…
Birth of the Sun
All we need is a bit of Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool album playing in the background, and we can be one with the Universe!
The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge has the theme of Glow. Definitely a natural fit for quite a bit of my photography, as I enjoy backlit images…
Of course, a lot of my Yoga Tree images are in this category, as most were captured around sunrise with the Sun coming up behind the wondrous tree. So for today, I thought I’d share a different tree.
Here’s something from an early morning start on a golf course…
Rising Fire
The first peek at the Sun rising behind the tree reminds us of its awesome power!
