Keep My Eye

I decided to pull out the big lens for this morning's sunrise.  I could tell from the lack of clouds nothing would happen on a big-sky scale.  So you work with what you got.  I always find it odd that the edges of the Sun get ragged from atmospherics in the winter.  But they do.  

The flock of birds is just a bonus.  I don't actually keep my eye at the viewfinder and stare at the Sun with a 500mm lens.  So I shoot a lot of pictures and stare at the review screen to see if I'm getting what I want.

The Sun rises over the North Alabama mountains, as seen from Monte Sano State Park in Huntsville, Alabama.

Nikon D7200 — Nikon 200-500 F5.6 ED VR

500mm

F8@1/250th

ISO 400

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