First try at sunrise

LRussoPhoto

Here are a few of my shots from the weekend....not bad but I learned a hand full after coming home and looking at them. I'll do better next time, lol.

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LRussoPhoto

Any pointers on next time around????????

schmoo

I don't have any pointers actually since you seem to have some great shots here. Which one you pick seems to depend most on the weather that you're having that day and your personal taste. I like 3/4 and maybe even 2 best because of the clouds. Great work!

red_zone

I really like 1&2 with just a little bit of the pier and the sun really low on the horizon.

What did you do in #5 to make it so blue? Is that in-camera, filter, or post processing? It's an interesting effect - almost makes the sun look like it's the moon.

LRussoPhoto

Thanks for the positive feedback. I shot all the images in full manual, raw and auto white balance. I just dropped the white bal temp down to like 2000.

Brendan

What great light! My $0.02: If possible, you might try to find a more dynamic, involving composition. Here, the pier sort of just juts into the picture from the left. If you could somehow make a foreground element a stronger part of the composition, the resulting photograph would be absolutely stunning.