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Good morning everyone!
I spent an hour this morning shooting the last sunrise of 2014. I picked a spot in Pitt Meadows, a city near Maple Ridge (about 1 hour east of Vancouver) and waited for the sun to come out. It was a glorious sunrise but very, very cold! All images were shot with the Fuji X-T1 and the 10-24 or the 55-200 zoom lenses.
As the sun rose out from behind the mountains the sky turned a beautiful blue colour, and starting illuminating the frost on the ground:
I love using foreground elements for contrast when shooting directly into the sun as it rises:
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As the sun rose higher it diffused behind some light clouds. Shooting directly into it created a hazy effect:
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Vancouver is a world class urban city, but it also has amazing rural country very close. It is truly a beautiful place to live.
As the sun got even higher the quality of the light decreased, so I switched to shooting detail shots. I love that you can still see the light reflecting off of the frost in this picture:
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Finally, as I drove away, the morning of New Year’s Eve 2014 looked like this:
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It has been an amazing year for me and I am very much looking forward to 2015. I wish you and your family all the best for the New Year!