Thursday, April 2, 2009

Sky Watch Friday - The morning after

Last Friday I posted the sunset of March 22. This week is the sunrise of March 23. I saw the moon in the dawn sky and went out to take a few shots. I then walked into the field for a clear view of the horizon where the sun would soon appear. There were contrails from the early morning flights that can be seen in some of these shots. And the last is a few to the southwest of the sun beginning to light the field.





20 comments:

Louise said...

Not much beats a peaceful country morning. Beautiful photos!

Sylvia K said...

That was like literally watching the sun rise! Stunning and beautiful and very peaceful! Gorgeous photos!

Quiet Paths said...

That bottom shot makes me want to walk across the field. Lovely, to be sure.

Jim said...

Fantastic sunrise.

Sydney City and Suburbs

Barb said...

I love the last picture of the sunrise-kissed field.

Jane Hards Photography said...

The first one is right up my street those dark hues, but the last one suckerpunched me with those fabulous glowing suntones.

Sally in WA said...

That first one is super with the contrail lit up.

DeniseinVA said...

A whole series of beautiful shots, I enjoyed them all. Thank you and Happy SkyWatch Friday.

Jan said...

Wow, I love your captures.

Rune Eide said...

I enjoyed that one - I much prefer the sunrise to the sunset.

Guy D said...

Great shots Lew, the last one is my favourite.

Have a great weekend.
Guy
Regina In Pictures

Anonymous said...

Very serene looking pictures that seem to draw away my tiredness :)

erin said...

happy friday lew.
love that last shot...beautiful.
one day when i am off work i want to sit in an open area and watch the sun rise...and see what kind of shots i can get...thinking i will need to travel a bit but, i think i will do that.
thanks as always for sharing with us.

B SQUARED said...

Looks like the field hasn't been planted yet. Still the possibility of frost?

Unknown said...

Wonderful sunrise series, Lew.
Love the first one.
Have a nice weekend.

Unknown said...

Just lovely, sometimes it's worth the early rise.

CJ said...

Lovely. For a long time I have wanted to take a photo from the same spot every 5 minutes for an entire day, from early light to sunset to se how the sky changes. I've never had a whole free day let alone the stamina to sit that long to take the shots, but maybe some day with the help of a friend.

eLIZabeth Floyd said...

What lovely shots! I love the progression of the sunrise.

Michele said...

Gosh, this is fantastic. I felt as if I was right there watching the the sun go up. How spectacular is that!!??!!!
That first photo with the glowing contrail is amazing!

Girl Tornado said...

All fantastic shots, but I quite love the serenity in the last shot. I can just hear the quiet country morning.