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Wordpress weekly photo challenge: the golden hour - fall foliage glows through the fog

I love foggy mornings

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I love foggy mornings and they happen quite often in San Diego between November and March. Sometimes the fog is so thick, you can barely the lights of the cars in front of you on the freeway. Other times the fog lifts up here and there and you can see the top of the hills wrapped up in it while you’re standing in full sun.

Yesterday morning was foggy and I decided to take a few photos to capture the moment, especially since the sun was trying so hard to pierce through it.

It started with a low and heavy fog by the San Diego River:

Then the fog started lifting up, being burned by a few rays of sunlight:

Finally the fog was on his way out, allowing the sun to spread a layer of gold on the yellow leaves of the many poplars by the San Diego River.

The yellow leaves of the poplars by the San Diego River

I love the beautiful shades of Fall, especially when the fog softly wraps them up in the early morning.

Do you like fog or would you rather do without it?

November 21, 2012February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Landscape Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Sunrise Photos, Tree PhotosTags: California pictures, fall foliage, fall leaves, fog, fog photos, foggy morning, morning fog, photography, photos, photos of fog, photos of trees, poplar tree photos, San Diego, San Diego River photos, trees, trees in the fog, yellow leaves 7 Comments

Let’s Be Wild Weekly Photo Challenge – Sunrise with clouds on fire

The clouds are on fire!

I love sunsets and how the sun tries to burn up the sky as it goes past the horizon at the end of the day. But there’s something very special about sunrises too, where the sun manages to light up the sky for several minutes before you can actually see it. That’s when the sky can suddenly feature some amazing colors. The best sunrises (and sunsets) usually display some type of clouds, which deflect the sunlight in many directions and shades of color.

I took the sunrise photo below on a winter morning almost a year ago. As soon as I looked at the sky, I knew it’d be one of these special sunrises and I hoped my camera batteries weren’t dead because I wouldn’t have time to grab spares. There’s something about the winter light that can makes for great sunrises. This sunrise makes it look like the clouds are on fire. I tried to take pictures of the clouds once they passed the trees, but by then the light had already changed. Better luck next time!

You can click on the photo of this winter sunrise for a larger view.

Photo of a winter sunrise - clouds on fire — Photo of a winter sunrise – clouds on fire

October 22, 2012February 7, 2020 by Milka Pejovic Categories: California Photos, Photography, Photos of San Diego, Sky Photos, Sunrise PhotosTags: cloud photos, clouds on fire, photography, photos of clouds, photos of skies, photos of sunrise, photos of winter sunrise, sky photos, sunrise photo, winter sunrise photo 8 Comments

A Word A Week Challenge – Dawn in San Diego

My 2013 calendar’s pick: a January sunrise

View all of the pictures I selected for my 2013 photo calendar.

My 2013 12-month photo calendar is now available for sale on my Zazzle online store. Thank you for your support!

It’s been taking me a very long time to go through my thousands of photos to pick the ones to display on this blog, and eventually put up for sale in the appropriate formats and media on Zazzle. It’s one of those things I really want to get done but the task seems so overwhelming, I tend to put it aside almost every day. Very counterproductive.

That’s until a friend of mine, who obviously has more commonsense than me, suggested I start it all with a 2013 photo calendar, displaying some of my favorite/best pictures. The lightbulb flashed over my head as soon as she mentioned it and since then, I’ve been picking, editing and asking people to choose the right photos for each month. All photos were taken in Southern California and portray what nature looks like around here at different times of the year.

I’ve decided to showcase my photo choices for each month on this photo blog, while I’m putting the 2013 calendar together for sale. I’d love to hear what you think about them, so please feel free to comment.

Today, I’ll start with January 2013. This is a sunrise photo I took last January of a winter sunrise. The sky colors were just beautiful on that morning. I’d love to see a sunrise like this one every single day!