Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Sunrise

So, I woke up at 5:00 this morning.  Yup, 5.  Not entirely my fault, it was my mom's.  Nonetheless, I couldn't get back to sleep and started thinking about all the articles I've read that praise sunrise pictures and all the neat color tones you can get from them.  I checked the sunrise time this morning (6:08) and headed out the door.

All I'm going to say is that maybe it would have been worth it if I could have gotten a clear shot of the actual sunrise.  Instead, too many buildings and trees were in the way.  I think I'd have to drive out of Baton Rouge altogether if I wanted a really clear shot.  However, I tried to salvage the situation by taking a few pics of the Catholic church downtown (can't remember if it's St. Joseph or St. James), some shots of the capitol building, and some shots of flowers and the grounds of Arsenal Park.  I'm happy with what I ended up with, but I will not be getting up that early again for a few pictures.  Not without serious research into good spots at least.

At least when I got back home I had a nice, long, hot bath and went back to sleep for three hours.




Some state office - I just liked the way the sun was reflecting off the windows.

Steeple of the Catholic church.

Two state offices reflecting in the lake.



The Old Armory.


I've been getting much better with my macro shots and really like this one.

The door to the Old Armory.  It didn't open until 9.

I walked by and noticed the wilted flower here - I didn't place it there myself, but thought it looked pretty cool.



This will probably be it for me picture-wise until Saturday evening.  Now that my day is completely screwed up and weird after being up so early, I'm going to recover and enjoy not doing a darn thing.

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