Sunrise, Mt. St. Helena (Napa County)

[DisgustipatedinCA]

Here are a couple of pictures taken on August 21 from the eastern flank of Mt St Helena, on the Napa/Sonoma County line, and just north of Calistoga, CA. I love the predawn and dawn light, but I'm rarely out shooting at that time. I think I'll challenge myself to get out at least once a week during the dawn hour to shoot pictures.


Predawn. This was taken about 2/3 of the way up the eastern flank of Mt St Helena.
There was a blanket of fog below and these high clouds, which were being underlit from
beyond the eastern horizon.


Almost there. The sun was up just a few seconds after this capture, but for those few seconds, the
horizon looked like some kind of beautiful blast furnace.


And the sun peaks out. It's unfortunate, but the shooting is all downhill from here. The light
gets more ordinary with each passing minute.

Early birds, please feel free to post your sunrises. Maybe this could be a lesser bookend to the excellent sunrise thread from a few days ago.