Ventura Harbor Before Sunrise

I thought I would share another image with you today from my recent trip to Ventura, Ca. On the last morning I was out shooting the sunrise, like I love to do, I went up in the hills above Ventura to catch that morning light. This is what was in front of me when I arrived. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did,

To capture this light, there is only about a 10 minute window, it is hard to figure out the exact timing, so I just get there early & start taking pictures. When it hits, I get so excited when I see it in the view finder of my camera!

This is an HDR image. I find that shooting at this time of the morning, with the brightness of the street lights and the dark shadows of the buildings, the image really comes to life when I take several bracketed shots, then merge them together in Photomatix.