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and the heavens created the earth

January 20, 2014 by Greg Molyneux

Jaw-dropping HDR wide angle photograph of a sunset over the south-side of Cedar Run Dock Road.

and the heavens created the earth — 14mm | f/8 | ISO 100 | 7 Bracketed Exposures

The stars aligned today. It’s hard to say waking up with a sore throat, beat down from the weekend can be a good thing, but on this day it is so. You see, my misfortunate allowed me to work from home and thereby be local and camera ready for sunset.

It paid off.

This was the best sunset I’ve yet to photograph. In fact, it’s one of the best sunsets I’ve ever seen unfold. All day long I was poking my head out the window, looking toward the sky assessing the cloud situation. By 3:30 PM it was clear a solid sunset at minimum was in play. While my buddy and I were getting setup and noting the ideal cloud features and creative sun angles, the excitement of the infringing pinks marching down from the north was palpable. We knew this was going to be special. I mean the night before a ripping northeast snowfall, how couldn’t it be?

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