This is my morning view out my window in front of my laptop.  When I see a nice sunrise I grab my camera and rush out front to take its picture.

Sunrises can be colorful in the winter as long as the clouds aren’t a solid dark gray.  They can start each day with hope of something different.  The day of this sunrise brought rain, sleet, and snow followed with dropping temperatures and winds.

I do love these sunrises photographed with the wide end of the 16 – 50mm Sony E-mount zoom lens on the Sony NEX-6 camera.  Usually, when I buy a new camera along with the kit lens that comes with it, my first reaction is to start looking for a prime lens or two.   So far I haven’t felt that necessity yet and I hope to continue using the 16 – 50mm lens for some time.

Some of you might be wondering what, or if, I did to create this look relative to what it actually looked like.  The answer is that these are the actual natural colors.  The only thing I did while taking the picture and developing it was to make sure that the exposure was correct and then during development I increased the contrast of the darker details.  The most important factor is timing.  The colors, etc. change in a matter of seconds.  I often take 3 to 6 pictures and then pick the best to show.