Sunrise mists

annnna8888

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

lnorm

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

joe-bob

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

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.

denisegoldberg

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

--- Denise

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

CoryUT

Many great shots here! Thanks for sharing.

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

bryanj87

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

dlplumer

Fabulous series, Anaclap. 11 and 17 for me

rbt

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

annnna8888

lnorm wrote:

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.

joe-bob wrote: »

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

Thanks, the mist changed every minute!

senorjax wrote: »

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!

denisegoldberg wrote: »

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.

coscorrosa wrote: »

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

annnna8888

CoryUT wrote: »

Many great shots here! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!

Doug Solis wrote: »

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.

bryanj87 wrote: »

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.

dlplumer wrote: »

Fabulous series, Anaclap. 11 and 17 for me

Thanks, Dan!

rbt wrote: »

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

wolf911

wow for pics, love the panoramic one

squirl033

senorjax wrote: »

#9 is amazing amazing amazing.

chickendrop

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

redleash

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

kathiemt

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

Eia

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

chrisdg

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

Andy

Beautiful photos, of course

Ana, after knowing you for so long, and admiring your great photos of Slovenia, we're so stoked to be doing a workshop in Slovenia with you! Can't wait for October 2014

Stumblebum

Wow! Freaking awesome!

David_S85

Don't know how I missed this thread for two years, but these shots ROCK! What an amazing countryside and mix of good timing. They remind me of a cross between the Palouse area in Washington state and Napa Valley (if ever that was possible). Great job!

Oh, and #9 :wow

Oso

These are all great. My winners would be a tie between #8 and #22.

Congrats!

kobistar

the panorama is beautiful !!!

kdog

Nice thread bump, Andy. There are some really special shots here.

thebigsky

Amazing set, 3, 9 and 17 particularly impressive.

Charlie

Andy

kdog wrote: »

Nice thread bump, Andy. There are some really special shots here.

I got searching, after working out that Ana would help guide us for our Slovenia Workshop Oct 2014 - yeah, these photos deserve to be seen more, and again and again!