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            Gorgeous Alberta sunrise with rising mist.

Recipe for a perfect shoot:

AM  Husband wakes you up.  You are dozing in his Lazyboy chair.  You are still in your clothes from the night before.  "Why didn't you come to bed?"  

02 AM  "I couldn't sleep," I say.  Struggle to wake up.

20 AM  Put in eye drops.  Fresh deodorant.  Pack gear.  Get coffee that husband nicely set up the night before.  Stare bleary-eyed at the darkness outside, and the sky just beginning to light up.  Wonder if new friend, Carolyn, will make the appointment

45 AM  Pack car.  Grab Blackberry and iPod.  Bottle of water.  Parka. Scarf.  All the things that matter.  Disturb sleeping husband while trying to find Blackberry.

50 AM  Arrive in grocery store parking lot.  Roll down window.  Wait.

05 AM  Watch Carolyn pull up.  "Wanna take my car? " she says.  "I probably have the most gear."  She doesn't know me very well;  I don't ride well with others.  "No, my car," I say.  "I''ll drive."

10 AM  Hit the Whitemud Freeway, turn onto Anthony Henday Drive.  Touch the gas pedal a little harder.  I am free.  The morning light is beginning to break.  

15 AM  Detour around a terrible bike vs. car accident.  An orange tarpaulin held down by weights covers the dead body of the cyclist (we don't know this until much later).  We just see police cars everywhere.  But they aren't blocking the roadway to our destination, so we pass by.

25 AM Arrive at a dead end road.  I found this place before, and knew I would be back to shoot here.  A lake is in the distance, shrouded in heavy mist.  A pathway, a forest, a yellow gate with a sign that threatens Trespassers.  A marshland filled with wet foliage.  We grab our gear and jump the low metal railing.  

30 AM  The plants are nearly up to our chins.  We are both short.  Pants, shoes, jackets -- everything is getting wet.  But the light is changing, and we are in a hurry to set up.

32 AM Take first shots.  Then move.  I discover much later that the move (with my lens cap off) was my undoing.

55 AM Sun rises through a deep haze.  We switch to another vantage point.  

30 AM Absently-mindedly check my lens.  It is covered with spots of mist and pollen.  Swear and clean lens.  Start again.

00 AM Try to pack up gear, realize the light has changed, and shoot again.  See spider webs that have appeared because the angle of the light has changed. Shoot some snowball dandelions.

30 AM  Pack gear back into car.  Head to local casino for breakfast.

45 AM Take Carolyn to grocery store parking lot, back to her car.  Drive home.  

10 AM  Check Flickr.  Check images.  Curse at lens debris that has ruined a hundred images.  Nod off.

Taken on: August 5, 2009

Tags:

sunrise

mist

sun-up

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Sheree Zielke

Canon 50D

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heavy mist

pathway

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Canon

Edmonton photographer

Alberta photographer

Edmonton

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Camera: Canon EOS 50D, f/13.0, 1/50 sec, 35mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 50D
Aperture:	f/13.0
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	35mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	picnik.com
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