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For some reason the sunrises and sunsets have been absolutely bonkers lately around Dallas. It probably has something to do with science or meteorology but I don’t really pay too much attention to that (I probably should!). Anyway, I went out Friday morning to a spot that my buddy Matt told me about for a new look at the Dallas skyline. I have to say, I was super impressed with the vantage point! What made it even better was the absolutely amazing sunrise that took place. These pictures made it to the top of the r/Dallas subreddit on Reddit and did well on Instagram and Facebook so I figured they’d be perfect choices for this week’s picture(s) of the week! I’m featuring three pictures this week: my regular sunrise shot, a cool shot of some bluebonnets (the state flower of Texas), and an epic panorama that stretches over 5 feet long at full resolution!
Let me know which is your favorite in the comments below!
(as a reminder, if you’d like to use these images on your own non-commercial blog or Facebook, please credit to Andy’s Travel Blog with a link to the site, thanks!)
Epic Dallas Sunrise
Dallas Bluebonnets
Dallas Sunrise Panorama
For the photographers: The first image was taken with the Sony 90mm macro lens affixed to my Sony a7rII. The second two were taken with the Sony 70-200. The panorama is a combination of 9 pictures stitched together in Photoshop (and nearly blowing up my computer in the process). I used a variety of techniques on the images but mainly followed my typical post-processing workflow:
- Adjust highlights/shadows, blacks/whites in Lightroom (although I’m moving to Capture One soon)
- Edit in Photoshop
- Apply Nik Color Efex Pro 4 (Detail Extractor, Pro Contrast, Polarizer, Brilliance/Warmth, then usually either some more Tonal Contrast or Pro Contrast again) filter
- Apply Nik Dfine 2 filter
- Apply layer of High-Pass sharpening
- Send back to Lightroom for cropping and any gradients, then I’m done!
Any questions, please let me know!
