I don't post often, but when I do, my posts tend to end up very long.

Anyway: It was time to get up in the middle of the night and take some sunrise photos again. And the St. Ana hill above the Ljubljana Marshes is one of my favorite spots to do just that. Three friends and I drove through the night and climbed the hill a bit after 4 a.m. Not an easy task after only one hour of sleep! The sky above the horizon was already announcing the sunrise, and the mists we were all hoping for were hovering above the ground. Magical!


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2. The Kamnik Alps in the background.




3. The famous Ljubljanica river bend.




4. Enthusiastic photographers. :)




5. This was the morning after the full moon and moon eclipse.




6. The Ljubljana Marshes panorama.




7. Ljubljana was waking up.




8. Fields, trees and mists.




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10. The light was turning from bluish to soft pink and orange.




11. And then the sun appeared and poured bright orange light over the plains.



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13. The nearby St. Lovrenc chapel below.




14. Play of light, mists and shadows.




15. Every hill in Slovenia has a church. :)




16. St. Ana church where we took pictures from.




17. More orange.




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19. Orange hues didn't last long as the sun relentlessly rose above the horizon.




20. It is interesting to see how the light changed over Ljubljana in the course of 1 hour and 20 minutes.




21. The sunrise was over, but I just couldn't stop admiring the wisps of mist changing every minute.




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Late spring and early summer months are the best to shoot the sunrise here. If the weather is nice, you are almost guaranteed to see mists. It's worth getting up for this! ;)

Ana

Wow, amazing photos! We're riding our motorbikes through Slovenia in September and I'm even more excited now can't wait.

Amazing pictures! My favorites are 3, 6, 9 and 12. I like how the mist hugs the landscape.

Very nice, but 22 photos? Might want to do a bit of self editing. #9 is amazing amazing amazing, and #17 is my other favorite.

The mist is magical, and your photos beautiful. My favorites are # 3, 12, 17, and 22.

--- Denise

Those are some pretty sweet conditions! Backlit fog is amazing by itself, if you can get backlit sunrise colored fog, it's even better. #17 is my favorite.

What's this complaining about only one hour of sleep? That's one hour more than some people get when they shoot at sunrise :)

Many great shots here! Thanks for sharing.

Very nice set, some great conditions for shooting that is for sure, here are my favs in reverse order of greatness.....9,13,17

Beautiful images. Your infrequent posts may end up long, but they always end up epic.

Fabulous series, Ana. 11 and 17 for me

Appreciate seeing the nice set, my favorites are 6, 10 and 11

Originally Posted by lnorm Wow, amazing photos! We're riding our motorbikes through Slovenia in September and I'm even more excited now can't wait.

Thanks! You're going to Slovenia? Great - shoot me a note if you need any photo location suggestions.

Originally Posted by joe-bob Amazing pictures! My favorites are 3, 6, 9 and 12. I like how the mist hugs the landscape.

Thanks, the mist changed every minute!

Originally Posted by senorjax Very nice, but 22 photos? Might want to do a bit of self editing. #9 is amazing amazing amazing, and #17 is my other favorite.

Thanks, this is already edited a lot!

Originally Posted by denisegoldberg The mist is magical, and your photos beautiful. My favorites are # 3, 12, 17, and 22.

Thanks! I'm a big fan of the mist, too.

Originally Posted by coscorrosa Those are some pretty sweet conditions! Backlit fog is amazing by itself, if you can get backlit sunrise colored fog, it's even better. #17 is my favorite. What's this complaining about only one hour of sleep? That's one hour more than some people get when they shoot at sunrise :)

Thanks! Who is complaining? I'm just getting ready for more sleepless nights prior to sunrise shoots.

Ana

Originally Posted by CoryUT Many great shots here! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Doug Solis Very nice set, some great conditions for shooting that is for sure, here are my favs in reverse order of greatness.....9,13,17

Thanks! I agree: I have been to this hill a few times for the sunrise, but this was I got really lucky.

Originally Posted by bryanj87 Beautiful images. Your infrequent posts may end up long, but they always end up epic.

Thanks, Bryan! Not everybody likes long posts though, so I thought I'd warn everybody.

Originally Posted by dlplumer Fabulous series, Ana. 11 and 17 for me

Thanks, Dan!

Originally Posted by rbt Appreciate seeing the nice set, my favorites are 6, 10 and 11

Thanks!

I love seeing how people have different favorites - it just goes to show how tastes vary. And it feels only fair to say which my favorites are: #3, 9, 19 and 22.

Ana

wow for pics, love the panoramic one

Originally Posted by senorjax #9 is amazing amazing amazing.

Awesome! Great location, great lighting, and GREAT photos!

Terrific series, Ana! My favorites are 14 and 17. That dark tree in 14 really grabs me as it comes out of the mist.

Love them. I do sunrise shots here too, when the weather is right. It's winter at the moment :-(

I love numbers #17 and #18 best

They are all wonderful but 6 and 9 stand out to me - amazing!

I would hang #9 on your wall, as a huge FotoFlot.