Ocean Sunrise

[Bonhomme Richard]

As you can see by the height of the sun it wasn't real early but I underexposed the shot. There is just something about the sky.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Very pretty...

Are those little sundogs to the left and right?

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. I'm thick, LOL

What's a sundog?

[ConsAreLiars]

3. Sundog info

Look here for the how and why: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halosim.htm

Here's the "best" (imho) photo of this phenomenon I found in a quick search.

And here's a pic of mine showing what I thought was called a sundog, but this is a different atmospheric event, where the moisture rising off the lake cought the sunset light and took on its color.

[Blue_In_AK]

5. That's a very beautiful shot, Cons...

I'm going to have to go scouting for something like that because we often have mist rising off the water, especially when the ambient temperature is really cold and the water isn't totally frozen over.

[ConsAreLiars]

7. The reference site has lots of clues of when and where too find

intriquing skys: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/index.htm

When you find places that seem like they might make a nice sunset (or rise), you can use a compass and an ephemeris program to get an idea of where the on the horizon the sun will appear at different times of the year. And moonrises and phases. There is a simple program, just called "Ephemeris," freely downloadable at http://www.dl-c.com/dl.html if you want to play with this. It seems that the most successful landscape photographers have found that studying the patterns of nature is a good way to be at the right place at the right time, and also revisit sites throughout the year to better understand how those changes in the seasons change the view.

Another suggestion -- check with people who operate tourist shops near the port to see what they might want to carry. My guess is that a lot among those swarms being disgorged throughout the summer are looking for small over-priced pieces to show off. Some very high-end - fancy tags and all - postcards or small framed prints or notecard sets might be effective in suctioning off some of the corpulence.

Now, in thanks for the kind words, I offer a photo taken very shortly after that one (midtones lightened):

[Blue_In_AK]

4. It's when you get those little rainbow-looking things

around the sun. Sometimes, it's just a strip of color either on one or both sides, and sometimes they make almost a complete circle. I think they're caused by ice crystals in the upper atmosphere. Something like this...

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. Thanks. Love to learn something new.

I guess they are sundogs to the left and right, although faint.