Photo-a-Day: Day 12

Sunrise casts rays of light across a snow covered Ferril Lake in Denver's City Park.

I enjoy solitary mornings making pictures – especially in winter. As long as I can stay warm enough, no easy task some mornings in the mountains, the crisp air and the stillness and quiet are lovely and, at least for me, recharging.

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I wasn’t expecting rays across the snow on Ferril Lake. I had actually set out to the boat house to try and catch the early sun hitting the façade and it took me a moment to realize the possibilities.

I still struggle with that aspect of photography – flexibility. When I go out to shoot sunrise I want sunrise, not macro or wildlife. I get my sights set on something and tend to focus a little to hard – put the blinders on and go.

The nice thing about relaxing your expectations when practicing your photography is that you never know what you’ll come up with.

Here are some others from this morning – enjoy!

A Mallard on the wing.

Someone does - I think she's just ok.

I like the way they used a stone to dot the Jay - very creative. Sonja's a lucky girl.

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