An Odd Sunrise

By the time I got to the lake this morning, the Eastern sky was already "hot" but there was this massive cloud straight overhead.  I could see virtually all of the horizon, all the way around me, but this one cloud consumed most of the sky.  I thought it would move on but, nope, it stayed right where it was.

I'm not complaining — it made for something different. It was just an odd sunrise — with the

 horizon so bright and the cloud so dark.

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

18mm

F22@1/30th

Retouched (So many dust spots)

And just because I haven't said it in a while and there's always a new photographer out there trying to learn…

F22 (or any real small aperture) gives you the sunstar effect when a light is shining straight at a camera lens.  (Yes, it woks for streetlights too.)  It also provides you with a huge (deep) depth of field, which is what brings out the dust spots.  You can clean your sensor to get rid of the dust spots.  You can also scratch your sensor (which ruins your camera) if you aren't careful and know what you're doing when you attempt to clean said sensor. (Ask me how I know this.)

This camera body was a present.  When I shipped it off to Nikon for a sensor cleaning, they sent it  back and said it was a grey-market camera and they don't work on those.  (Grey market is cameras meant for sale in other countries but sold here anyway by people that shouldn't be doing what they're doing. It makes no sense to me but there you have it.) Another expensive photography lesson — it matters where you buy a camera.  And a "deal" might turn out to be expensive. 

In that camera stores are becoming rare — and I live in the country anyway — this camera sensor stays dirty.  Until I get desperate anyway. 

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©Don Brown 2020