I’m one of those “morning” people who rises before the sun and on most mornings have a cheerful mood about me. It seems I always have been. Those few times I slept in late were during younger years when the party life, booze and loose women were the priorities of my life. After experiencing the suffering each of them offers, I’ve wised up and no longer consider the party life or booze to be that important. Loose women, well there seems to be the need for more suffering in that area.
Anyway, the gist of this post is about morning colors. I enjoy the whole experience of a morning sunrise. Being there, taking it all in. Getting soaked. Hearing the sounds of nature awaking. Smelling the musty woods around me. The expectations of the colors as the sun breaks over the horizon. But, sometimes there are no colors or they’re more subdued. Well, a couple days ago I rose at 4:40 am and headed to the Arapaho Bend nature area. If you look closely, just behind the trees, you can see just a bit of orange glow. Ah, morning colors!
10 Comments
David Leland Hyde
I like working with reflections in my own photography, yet reflections can be cliche unless we do something different as you have. Your grays and the greens in the water make your image captivating besides being beautiful.
Monte Stevens
Thanks, David. This image is a three stop HDR image, processed with HDR Efex Pro. I do very little in tone compression but just work on the layered image in LR.
I’ve not been to this nature area for several years and was surprised at how much it has changed. I’m looking forward to spending a few more mornings and evenings exploring the area.
Mary Ann
Ha ha. Beautiful photo and lovely commentary. Keep coming back, Monte!
Monte Stevens
As I’ve heard it said we are looking for progress not perfection. That’s why the women thing is still there. I’m also glad you keep coming back.
Steve Skinner
Sweet!
Monte Stevens
Thanks, Steve!
Bill Stothers
What a great feeling in this shot. Pregnant with the promise of a new day. Wonderful!
Monte Stevens
Thanks, and I like that word “pregnant” with expectation. Have a super weekend!
Tom Dills
Loose women are still a priority of mine but I seem to have slipped a bit in their priority toward me! 🙂
There’s nothing quite like watching the colors of the morning develop. But 4:40 seems to be awfully early!
Monte Stevens
Depending on the time of year the early rise can differ. It’s even worse in winter months. Hope you guys have a great weekend.