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Ft. Lauderdale sunrise, Feb 2011 – 08
Image by Ed Yourdon
(More details later, as time permits)
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I didn’t expect to be here in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; I was supposed to be in Sarasota, checking out places where we might be able to escape the increasingly unpleasant winter season in the Northeastern U.S. But the weather this winter was sufficiently unpleasant that my outbound flight was canceled, and my backup flight was canceled after I had gotten as far as Philadelphia … so I spent an unexpected night at an airport hotel, scrubbed the whole Sarasota visit, and came to Ft. Lauderdale instead, since I knew I had to get here eventually for a computer conference that I’m speaking at …
I ended up spending a night at a Marriott hotel on the beach in a part of Ft. Lauderdale known as Hollywood — not to be confused, of course, with the glitzy section of Los Angeles out on the West Coast. To make up for the unpleasantness of getting down here, I decided to splurge and spend a few extra bucks to get a room on a high floor, with an ocean view and a balcony. It might have been a great place for a winter vacation if I could have stayed longer, but it was a relaxing contrast to the long, miserable trip down here …
Because my room was facing due east, out towards the ocean, I knew that (weather permitting) I might have a chance to see a nice sunrise the next morning. Of course, early-morning dawn/sunrise photos are typically low-light situations, which calls for a tripod … which I didn’t have. However, I did remember to bring along the "cable-release" for my compact Canon G12 camera; and after a little fiddling around, I discovered that I could rest the G12 in a stationary position on the balcony railing, pointed in the right direction.
The G12 has an "auto-bracketing" mode, which takes three shots in a row, with exposures set to (relative) 0, +1, and -1 f-stops. I then combined the three images into an HDR composite, using Photomatix. I had set the ISO to "automatic" for the first two shots, and the G12 decided to ramp it up to ISO 1600 — which created a "noisy" result. For the subsequent shots, I dialed it down to an ISO of 200, and then ultimately ISO 100.
The results aren’t spectacular, but they do give you a good impression of what dawn/sunrise is like on the Ft. Lauderdale beach. Now that you’ve seen it, you can decide for yourself if you want to come here!
Lido Beach, pool, and casino, on the Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota, Florida
Image by Boston Public Library
File name: 06_10_009011
Title: Lido Beach, pool, and casino, on the Gulf of Mexico, Sarasota, Florida
Date issued: 1930 – 1945 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Genre: Postcards
Subject: Beaches; Hotels
Notes: Title from item.
Collection: The Tichnor Brothers Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: No known restrictions