Another example of early morning light adding a tinge of color. I walk past this birdhouse most mornings and usually it’s just plain gray, but this morning there was just a bit more brown to it. Just goes to show that nothing’s ever the same outdoors from one day to the next.

Best parts of this shot are subtle: the browns where the morning sun comes through and lights up certain areas near the fence in the foreground.

Most definitely would’ve benefited from a better camera here to capture more dynamic range. Incidentally, all the shots I’ve uploaded this week have been straight from iPhoto to Flickr with no post-processing beyond cropping. Click for the others I’ve posted.

You never know when something cool travels into your field of vision. I didn’t even know this an interesting shot till I got home.

Tuesday dawned way, way muggy at Tanglewood Park. A light, pillowy layer of fog was rising from the moment I left the front door and I had a sneaking suspicion it might yield an interesting shot or two.

If you’ve taken a shot you really liked lately, post a link in the comments so the rest of us can check it out.

Tanglewood is the park near our place. Lately I’ve been challenging myself to find interesting snapshots there — I feel like this one qualifies. One frustration out outdoor photography on this side of the U.S. is we never get that sublime blue sky of the West that is so perfect it even looks great in black and white. We get a lot of haze and a lot days where the sky just isn’t much help.

However, I’m finding that the early morning sun gives the haze a certain shimmer it never has the rest of day. So, better pictures.

Got any tips for shooting a sunrise? Share with the class, please.