pre-sunrise
This is a sight that is very, very rare in Ashland. We get snow a few times a year, but when it snows there are clouds. By the time we get clear skies the snow has disappeared or will melt very rapidly. The night prior to the taking of this picture we got snow and then the clouds moved on. The temperature went below 0 degrees Fahrenheit (about -20 Celsius) so the snow wasn’t going anywhere.
While this may look like a sunrise picture I actually took it well before sunrise. I left the shutter open for 15 seconds. If you click on the photo for a bigger view you can even see some stars. The part of town you can see the lights coming from is near I-5, Exit 14 (14 miles north of the California border).
December 19th, 2008 at 2:15 am
Al, this is a gorgeous photo. Nicely done.
December 19th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
It does make for a gorgeous clear blue sky.
December 19th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Beautiful shot. My guess for the errant light in the earlier night shot photos is that somehow the camera moved either just at the beginning or at the end of the 15 sec exposure and the trail of light is actually the street light. Everything else looks right because of the long exposure. People use this technique to “paint” with light. There’s a wikipedia article – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_painting . You can have some fun with this. Set the camera up for a long night exposure (15 to 30 secs) and get one of your kids to stand perfectly still except for the arm movements necessary to draw a picture or write a name in the air, with a small flashlight aimed in the direction of the camera. (What you get is a good picture of the kid concentrating and a nice neon-like drawing or autograph in the air in front of him or her.)
December 19th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Beuatiful sky.
Really I can see some stars in this photo.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Hello, This is a really nice photo… I liked it right away. The dark blue sky with stars and the white winter sky in the horizon reminds me of the Nordic winter. Well done :o)
Greetings from Norway
– Lisa