The Best Time of Day

If I had to choose a two hour period as the only time I could use my camera each day it would be the hours each side of sunrise. Frequently, the hour before the sun comes up brings the best color of the day. Sometimes it's the hour after the sun comes up which presents better scenes. Today was one of those days.

I knew there were no clouds and a lot of fog when I went over to lock E5 before sunrise, but, you never know... 

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 55mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 37mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/11, 1/250 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/11, 1/180 sec., ISO 200

RF 16-28mm f/2.8 at 18mm, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 200

RF 16-28mm f/2.8 at 16mm, f/22, 1/60 sec., ISO 400

New Lens, New Project

I picked up another copy of the RF 45mm f/1.2 STM lens this past week. I had traded in the copy I preordered when the lens was released in December for the 28-70mm zoom lens back in the spring. Between a Canon instant rebate and rewards cash at Adorama, this copy didn't cost much more than I received for the original lens.

I've long thought about switching to the FujiFilm medium format GFX system someday. This system has a native 4:3 aspect ratio in contrast to the 3:2 ratio of 35mm film and full frame digital systems. As an exercise, I'm going to organize images made with this lens and processed in 4:3, or 3:4, aspect ratio in a gallery in the prime lenses folder at https://www.trulandphotography.com/Prime-Galleries/45mm43.

Here are some of the initial photos from yesterday and this morning.

RF 45mm f//1.2, f/8, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f//1.2, f/16, 1/750 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f//1.2, f/16, 1/45 sec., ISO 100

RF 45mm f//1.2, f/1.4, 1/45 sec., ISO 800

RF 45mm f//1.2, f/1.4, 1/90 sec., ISO 800

RF 45mm f//1.2, f/4, 1/90 sec., ISO 800

Waking Up

I hadn't really intended on making an effort to get out for this morning's sunrise but when I'm up, I'm up. 

I don't know if it's DOGE cuts to NOAA and the NWS, but the formerly reliable hourly forecasts for sky cover have been extremely inaccurate this year. A forecast of 40% to 60% sky cover used to be a harbinger of a good sunrise. Now, it could be anything from totally clear to completely overcast. And that's not taking into account fog or wildfire smoke.

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 53mm, f/2.8, 1/15 sec., ISO 1600

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/2.8, 1/45 sec., ISO 1600

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/5.6, 1/60 sec., ISO 200

RF 16-28mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/5.6, 1/180 sec., ISO 200

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 53mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec., ISO 100

RF 28-70mm f/2.8 at 28mm, f/22, 1/45 sec., ISO 100