Being a mid-shift or night-shift nurse leads to some weird habits. I eat at odd hours, sleep at odd times during the day, and often stay up all night so that I’m not flip-flopping my sleep schedule too much. As such some of those wee hours of the morning find me kind of bored and can lend themselves to last-minute photography trips for something to do. So it was two weeks ago that I decided at 3 am to make a drive up to Watson Lake in Prescott to capture some early morning photos. I was hoping with it being a weekday and quite early in the morning that I wouldn’t have to contend with too many other people and as it turns out I didn’t. My greatest challenge was racing the rising sun so I had enough light to highlight the dock, but not so much that I couldn’t use a long exposure to smooth the water into a glass-like surface. In the end, I used a 9-stop ND filter to manage the light and get the shot I wanted.
Location: 34°35'13.512" N 112°25'23.67" W // https://bit.ly/WatsonSunrise
Camera Body: Canon EOS R3
Lens: Canon RF 14-35mm F4
Filter: Polar Pro 6-9 Stop ND Filter
Tripod: Peak Design Travel Tripod
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