Wednesday morning, shortly before sunrise, I was back on the road again. On Mustang Island, the ground fog; patchy and drifting through the crags of the dunes, made for a beautiful scenic drive as the sun broke the horizon. I pulled off onto one of the beach access roads and stopped the car, got out, and took photos from just the one spot, scanning to the left, and then to the right...
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I then focused on the sunrise and at one point went to the 800 mm zoom and caught some sun flares! Truly...great BALLs of fire seen only through the lens!!
Getting back in the car, off to Port A and my birding treks ... then walking my steps. I didn't even come close to my goal 'cause I ended up going off the 'beaten path' this time around and headed out into the mudflats in hopes of finding some sought after horned larks. I'll explain why I didn't walk my usual distance in the next post!!! Stay tuned.
Oh my GOSH! I have NEVER been able to capture this, or even seen it before! The sun flares, and sun balls, and the aura on that first collage picture! What kind of camera do you have, anyway? What zoom power did you use? did you use an automatic setting? This is AMAZING!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou really should NOT do this without a tripod & lens filter Ginny. It will eventually ruin your lens without. Not to mention your eyes.
DeleteBeautiful early morning pictures and the sunrise is simply amazing. What a great start to the day.
ReplyDeleteI live early morning light.
DeleteHello, love the foggy scenes and the beautiful sunrise. Lovely photos! Wishing you a great day and a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks Eileen!
Deletemy favorite of all the balls of fire, is number 11.. the cloud splitting the fire ball. they are amazing pics and I do hate cliffhangers. I might not be able to sleep thinking about what happened to cut your hike short.... lions? tigers? coyotes? fall down, homeless persons... see what I mean? on my post you said you woke up to 70. that is to warm for me, I love 50'to mid 60's... that is what I would choose if I could...
ReplyDeleteWell, the cliffhanger is really nothing exciting. Trust me.
DeleteThose are awesome balls of fire pictures, but I like the fog shots the best. As usual, you rock! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh I love fog too D J
DeleteLove Dragon's Breath (fog)!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd your sun rise photos are amazing.
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Glad you enjoyed it. Fog is my favorite weather.
DeleteI love those foggy scenes.Such mystery and drama in them. Love the sun shots as well.
ReplyDeleteDrama indeed.
DeleteLoved the cloud bank splitting the sun but that last picture really lets you realize the awesome power of the sun.
ReplyDelete...and the heat! Lol
DeleteBravo! You really captured that sunrise so well!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michelle
DeleteWow Anni! Those are some gorgeous shots!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mari.
DeleteImpressive! Super shots of the sun. Did you find the horned larks?
ReplyDeleteNo larks...oh well, maybe another time.
DeleteLove them all!
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