A few months ago I photographed my first triathlon at Blue Marsh Lake which is just Northwest of Reading Pennsylvania. That day it was so cold in the morning that the people in charge of the event called off the swimming part of the race. I was there early and was busy taking pictures of people preparing for the hours of physical exertion ahead, when my attention was pulled to the sun rising in the distance over the lake. The morning was full of fog and mist, but I made note of the location just in case I would find myself there again at that magical hour. Sure enough last week I was able to arise very early and was rewarded with the image you see below. Weeks earlier the water level was much higher. In advance of Hurricane Sandy it was dropped five feet to limit some of the expected flooding. Where the camera snapped away for this nine image HDR (high dynamic range) photograph would have been twenty feet away from shore, three feet under. Which means that this scene will look totally different come Spring. Another photo opportunity :)
Dawn at Blue Marsh Lake
Nikon D800 Nikkor 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 28mm f/18 ISO 100 9 image HDR