Photo Of The Week (Another Day)

Canon 17-85mm f 4-5.6 IS USM          ISO 100   66mm  1/160  @  f 9.0

Hello again everyone.......

This next image is not the one I was planning on posting, but every time I show this picture to folks I get the same "that's one of my favorites" response. So I thought I would go with what the folks want and this is one of my favorites as well.

Like my first post, this image was taken overlooking the Shenandoah Valley.  The exception is that this is the sunrise of the next morning. It was just as cold as it was for the sunset but the warm, fresh coffee we had helped out. One of the good and bad things about being a photographer is getting up before dawn to go out and shoot. The good is you don't have to deal with people getting in your way, the bad is well you have to get up before dawn. When I look at what I shot every time I drag myself out of bed in the early morning it's always worth it, as you can see in this image. This shoot was no different, we had to drag our selves out of bed at 6:00am, it was cold and windy, but that sunrise was so stunning it was worth it.

I think this picture is a great example of changing your view of the shot and thinking outside the box. I read a great book by Scott Kelby and one of the things I remember was if you don't like the shot you have, take three steps left or right and change your angle to the subject. I like to take that a bit farther, in some cases the best way to get a better shot or a different shot is to get down on one knee and that's it. That’s what happened on this shot.  I was shooting the sunrise and after and few shots I thought to myself, OK what else can I do, that's when you have to move around and find another angle or find another subject or something else to put in the frame. Doing those little things can make a normal image something special.