Florida West Coast Sunrise

Photographing sunrises and sunsets is mostly the luck of the draw.  The important thing is to be in the right place at the right time.  I primarily shoot sunrises since I can coordinate my daily morning walks with the rising sun.  To get the sun rising over the water on Florida's West Coast I take my shots as the sun rises over Tampa Bay. Most of my sunrise photos are taken not with my big heavy DSLR, but rather with a compact camera or in the following case...an iPhone.

You will also notice that I always have something in the foreground on my sunrise shots...a tree, a boulder or another complimentary object.  The sun by itself is seldom interesting. It is fun to tinker with sunrise photos. Sunrises offer a good opportunity to use enhancement software like Nik (Google) Color Efex Pro, On One's Perfect photo or the iPhone app Snapseed.  The above photo is the original untouched photo.  The following 2 pictures are enhancements of this same photo. 

Have fun.  Get some exercise and get your sunrise photos.  Your thoughts?

Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum

Recently, while visiting Indiana Lynn and I took a trip to Auburn to vist The Auburn Cord Dusenberg Museum.  This museum is in the original headquarters of the auto manufacturer.  There are 3 floors.  Two floors feature all of these elegant autos and the 2nd floor is confined to auto art.  We spent only a couple of hours at the Museum, but we could have easily spent the day here.  The Museum is a National Historic Landmark.  120 cars are shown.  Most of the autos are from the early 1930s.  If you are traveling in northeastern Indiana and you are a car aficionado this is is a museum not to be missed.  I can't wait to return.

This is an iPhone 5 photo adjusted in Nik Snapseed.