Penning Photography Daily

Morning Light Breakthrough

This light greeted me when I walked into my office this morning. The clouds were complete earlier, blocking the direct sun from my day.

When I saw the sunlight shining through, I knew I had do capture it. I quickly set up my camera and balanced it on a catalog and a CD cover to try to get the right angle. I took 12 photos at various + and – EV exposure. The light quickly hid behind the clouds after I was done. It only lasted about 10 minutes and I was talking to staff while working the shots. I forgot to turn off my overhead lights and had to crop their reflection out.

The result, after some HDR processing with Photomatix Pro is this one set of three put together into one picture. It was hard to choose.

My wife said that she liked the photo, but wished that the buildings were not there. I said, that’s what makes it for me. The dancing of light on all it finds, the beauty and the ugly alike. All are affected by the sun and it’s rays.