Vermont Lake Champlain Storm Clouds Sunrise

Lake Champlain here in Burlington, Vermont really is quite a beautiful site but I think the best time to shoot is during the sunrise hours. There is... more

by Andy Gimino

Title

Vermont Lake Champlain Storm Clouds Sunrise

Artist

Andy Gimino

Medium

Photograph - Digital Photography

Description

Lake Champlain here in Burlington, Vermont really is quite a beautiful site but I think the best time to shoot is during the sunrise hours. There is something about the calm waters and cool air that is hard to describe but easier to capture in an image. I get up at four a.m. every morning and probably nine times out of ten I get skunked with terrible skies but it's that tenth time that is worth getting up for.
On the day I shot this image a storm had passed through the area and another one was on its way in and this is what you are seeing in this image here. There was a bit of clearing in the sky with the next storm building right behind it. I love the light in the early morning hours that these types of storm clouds produce in the morning so getting up is almost always going to be fruitful as far as making images. The water was calm, the cloud formations were awesome and I happened to see this interesting formation of rocks along the shoreline at Oakledge Park.

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July 23rd, 2014