Sunup And The Main Event

With the planet Venus and the crescent moon fading into the gathering light of sunrise, the prime subject for the gathering of participants in the April 22-23, 2017 Bryan Hansel Photography Workshop finally appeared. The image above (6:25 am CDT, April 23) and below (6:27 am) looks east from W 129th Street S, just south of S 102nd Avenue W, about one mile SW of the Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge Center, and about 13 miles east of Des Moines, Iowa. Official sunrise was at 6:13 am. Air temperature at this moment registered at 45 degrees F. Nikon D7200 DSLR camera.