Commuter Sunrise

Commuter Sunrise by you.

Canon 40D * EF-24-105mm f/4.0L * ISO 250 * 1/125 seconds * f/4.0

I often ask myself if hauling around my camera, extra lens, flash, macbook pro, two external hard drives, power supply and a bunch of little odds and ends in my backpack to work each day is really worth it.  Well, on a recent drive to work it paid off.  While driving to work this particular day the sun rays were so bright peaking over Francis Peak that I couldn’t resist making this photo.

I normally put my camera on the seat next to me when I drive so I’m not fumbling for it on the freeway.  For today’s shot I set the camera to manual focus at infinity, held the camera up to the window and snapped away going 70 miles per hour.  I was lucky enough to get a few good shots.

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3 Comments

  1. Posted October 20, 2009 at 8:01 am by Rob | Permalink

    LOL, great story and I really like how it turned out. Lots of energy in the rays. :)

  2. Posted October 20, 2009 at 8:13 am by Jeremy | Permalink

    Gorgeous shot, that is a very intense sunrise. I do the same thing with my camera, it stays on the passenger seat next to me.

  3. Posted October 20, 2009 at 8:26 am by Jeremy | Permalink

    I know exactly what you mean – I don’t carry my D90 when I ride my bike to work – but on every other day – it is right there – jammed inside along with my MBP. I usually only take 1 lens though – unless I know I am doing a lunchtime photowalk with work friends.

    This is a great shot – especially for drive by!

    Nice .

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