During this dawn to sunrise photo session the colors decline quickly as the sunrise approaches.

Photographs/video taken on 23 December 2019.

Sunrise Video

For this photo shoot I focused on the distant horizon then turned off the auto-focus, but forgot to turn off the image stabilization on my lens. I strongly suspect that the image stabilization is causing the slight movements seen in the video. I used the shake reduction feature of my editing software to remove as much as possible, but it did not fix all of it.

The photographs in the video cover a 27 minute time-frame. This video stitches together 45 photos starting 21 minutes before the official sunrise.

Full Video

All the photographs taken have been compiled into a 4 minute 3 second video. The photographs have not been enhanced, you see what I observed.

Music: "Decline" by Kevin MacLeod.

One Minute Video

Sunrise Photographs in Sequence

Dawn: The period of the day when light begins to appear in the sky from the sun.
Sunrise: The time when you first see the sun in the morning.

To give you an idea of the when the photographs were taken I am adding a T-time. T-0 is sunrise, T-10 is 10 minutes before sunrise, and T+5 is 5 minutes after sunrise.

This is a representative sample of the photographs in the video. The photographs have not been enhanced, you are seeing what I observed on this morning.

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 8 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-19

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 6 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-17

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 5 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-16

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 4 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-14

*Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 3.2 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-13

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1.6 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-6

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 2 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-5

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 0.8 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T-0

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T+4

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/2 sec.; ISO-100; 44mm; Time T+6

Credits

When I think about how wonderful it is to capture these moments, I often realize how little I had to do with making these wonderful moments. For I am just the guy behind the camera.

Director and Producer
God Almighty

Musical Score
Music: "Decline" by Kevin MacLeod

Camera Operator
@etcmike
a.k.a. "Steem On" on YouTube

Equipment

Item	Name
Camera	Canon EOS 7D
Lens	Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom
Filters	Tiffen UV Protection Filter, Tiffen Circular Polarizer Glass Filter
Tripod	Manfrotto MT190XPRO3 3 Section Aluminum Tripod Legs with Q90 Column (Black)

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Photo/Video Editing

Video editing performed with Adobe Primiere Elements 2020. Affiliate link to Amazon.com provided for your convenience.

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