To Be a Photographer

It was worth freezing to death.  It's the coldest I've ever been at 43ºF.  Yeah, I know that sounds crazy.  It was 48 in the valley and I almost didn't put on my (lightest pair of) longhorns. The light show started over an hour before sunrise so I never got a chance to walk any laps and warm up.  I just had to sit there and take it.  And, as always, it was my hands that were really killing me.  I never have found a way to keep them warm and take pictures.

I'm sure you'll get to see some of the other pictures later but this is the one I liked the best.  The sky spit a few rain drops at me while this was happening so that is virga (rain that evaporates before it hits the ground) on the right side — right at sunrise.  Then the Sun found a hole and it got *really* interesting.  It was a great morning to be a photographer. 

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 18-300mm F6.3 ED VR

35mm

F8@1/20th

ISO 400

GND filter

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