Second Best

"Second Best" 

Judy Royal Glenn Photography 

This photograph was not what I planned, but it is better than nothing. While I was on Daniel Island, South Carolina for the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament, i wanted to photograph a sunrise. 

I got up early and went to where I thought I would find the sun coming up over the horizon in a scenic location. I kept driving and driving, but did not find what I was looking for. Finally, I gave up on my vision and settle for what I could get.

Sunrise Shrimp Boat

"Sunrise Shrimp Boat" 

Judy Royal Glenn Photography 

I rarely photograph before the sun rises, but this particular morning, I went to Jekyll Island, Georgia to photograph at Driftwood Beach.  As I was shooting, a shrimp boat caught my eye. 

I love the silhouette of the captain and his mate as they are too out early to work.

Cool Blue Sunrise

"Cool Blue Sunrise" 

Judy Royal Glenn Photography  

I went to Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island, Georgia very early this morning to photograph the sunrise.  I needed to get up at 4:45 to drive there and get set up well before the sun peaked its head over the horizon.  

I was playing around with the temperature in my settings, and liked the cooler color of the sunrise. What do you think about the cooler temperature?

A cool blue sunrise on a happy fourth of July!!  

Location:  Driftwood Beach at Jekyll Island, Georgia

Iron Horse

 

"Iron Horse"

Judy Royal Glenn Photography 

This shot came right after a hard lesson learned. This particular morning, I left my house a little after 5:30 a.m. to photograph the Super Moon of 2013 as the moon was at it's closest position to the earth. I need to mention that I am not a morning person. As I was driving, I saw the clouds nearing the moon, so I pulled over and took a few shots just in case the moon went behind the clouds. 

I continued to drive up and down the road, I scouted the night before while looking for the perfect spot. The heavy fog and running out of time eventually kept me from getting the shot I wanted. To make matters worse, I did not check my setting before I took the photos of the moon. I had to switch to manual focus the night before because my camera struggled to focus in the dark. I thought the camera was set in automatic focus but because it wasn't, the photos of the Super Moon weren't sharp. I was very frustrated and mad at myself and will have to wait for the shot next year.

I did not let my disappointment get to me and knew I could hopefully go to the Iron Horse and get a sunrise photograph. I was in luck, and the fog was beautiful!  

Luckily, I went out the night before and took shots of the Super Moon:) 

Location:  Greensboro, Georgia near Athens, Georgia

Early Risers

"Early Risers"

Judy Royal Glenn Photography

 

I am not an early riser, but this particular morning a had a great mission in mind.  It was the morning I was looking for the Snowy Owl on St. Simons Island, Georgia.  My dad suggested I take pictures of the sun rising. I did so then hunted for the Snowy Owl.

I posted the photos of the Snowy Owl at sunrise, but in case you did not see them, here is one shot:)

 

Location: St. Simons Island, Georgia

For those who are also having problems with Blogger uploading photos, this was quoted from the Blogger Team which enabled me to post today!!  "In the meantime, you can work around this issue by using a different browser (such as Chrome or Firefox) or temporarily switching to the Edit HTML mode of the compose editor."  I wrote in the compose mode then posted the photo under HTML.