Rain was in the forecast on this day. I woke up right at sunrise to check if there was a chance for a good photo shoot. When I saw the break in the clouds I hoped for some good pictures before the dark clouds rolled in.

Photographs taken on 26 August 2018.

Sunrise Video

For this photo shoot I focused on the distant horizon then turned off the auto-focus and the image stabilization on my lens. I used a high f-stop to keep both the foreground and background in sharp focus.

The photographs in the video cover a 26 minute time-frame. The video starts 6 minutes after the official sunrise time.

Full Video

All the photographs taken have been compiled into a short 6 minute 59 second video. The photographs have not been enhanced, you see what I observed.

Music: "Symphony No. 5" by Beethoven.

Time Lapse Video

The following animated GIF is 100x the speed of the full video.

Original 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; 1/2 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+6

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/4 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+13

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/5 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+16

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/13 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+20

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/15 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+22

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/8 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+25

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/15 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+28

Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/22; 1/13 sec.; ISO-100; 28mm; Time T+32

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
"Symphony No. 5" by Beethoven

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)

Use of Photographs/Videos

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The photographs and videos in this post are free to be used by anyone as long as the photo credit is left on the photograph.

Photo/Video Editing

Video editing performed with Adobe Primiere Elements 2018. Affiliate link to Amazon.com provided for your convenience.

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