“Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning.” The adage is often correct. When you can forecast it, you can position yourself to capture a beautiful sunrise.
When planning a sunrise photo shoot, I check IR satellite imagery the evening before the shoot and again in the morning before sunrise. If the satellite imagery shows cloud cover overhead with clear skies nearby to the east, there is an excellent chance the sunrise will be colorful. Only a small opening in the clouds to the east is needed to produce beautiful shades.
To increase my odds of success, I usually target approaching storms for my sunrise photo shoots because there will be plenty of clouds in the sky to glow with color, provided there is a gap of clear sky to the east. My rule of thumb is that this gap needs to be 100 miles away or less. We can also check satellite imagery to find scattered clouds for predicting sunrise color. Patches of clouds can be fleeting, however, so there is often an element of luck involved with the timing and position of patchy clouds at dawn. If I make an effort to wake up early and drive to the District for a sunrise shoot, I usually target approaching storms and not patchy clouds to increase my odds of success.
And, with a clear sky, you might be able to create starburst effects in photos with the sun by using a high f/stop on your camera’s aperture setting. The starburst is created by sunlight diffracting into uniform rays on the camera’s sensor. It helps if an object such as a building, tree or blossom partially blocks the sunlight to reduce brightness. See an example below.Common spoilers of a good sunrise are low clouds and fog.
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