“Quietly, I leave the house before dawn with my camera bag loaded and my tripod attached to destinations, who knows? It could be anywhere.”
This has been a familiar experience in my house over the last 30 odd years that I’ve been taking photos seriously. My favourite time of the day to go out has always been early morning. I love the peacefulness of it. When my children were small, I used to love waking up an hour or so before them so I could have some peace before the day got busy. I still enjoy that now.
With the challenge this week being QUIET HOURS from our guest host SH and his blog Stupidity Hole, I knew that I would be able to find lots of photos for it.
Would it be a surprise to find that I also love going out very early in the morning to see what I can capture? Get the stillness of the day before the madness starts. That often means capturing the sunrise. I don’t always get that, but I love it when I do. I think I have always preferred the sunrise to the sunset for the reasons of the quiet, there are not as many people around for the sunrise. I think the only sunrise I have been to that was packed with people was the one I saw at Uluru.
I have put together a gallery of some of the early morning and sunrise images that I have captured over the last 10 to 12 years.
My first thought when I saw the challenge was my city images, which I intended to do, but then I thought about fog. I love fog and there is something very quiet about it. You can be surrounded by it, and that blanket of mist makes you feel so alone in the world, like the only thing you can hear is your heartbeat. Obviously, you can still hear things, but it is strange and lonely and very quiet.
Here is a gallery of those early morning quiet hours in the fog.
Interesting challenge this one. As you can see, I decided not to share any of my city images. I felt these were better for those quiet hours of the theme.
Great challenge this week from SH from Stupidity Hole, and I hope you will all go and support him as the guest host this week. His link is at the beginning of this post.
If you would like to participate in this great challenge, then go to the following link to find out how to join the Lens-Artists Challenge. Click here for more info. Don’t forget to put a link in your post back to the host.
Stunning photos Leanne.
Thank you.
Gorgeous photos as yours always are. So sorry for my lack of responses. I am on vacation…
Thank you Ritva, no need to apologise, you enjoy your vacation. I look forward to seeing the photos.
Absolutely stunning images Leanne! I love the sunrises with the pier and fog images.
Thank you so much Brad.
Awesome, as always 😀.
Thank you PR.
Love your photos of fog and mist. I also like the long exposures of water between rocks, such that the water appears foggy. Very nice!
That’s great to hear Sam, thank you.
I really liked your first image and the one with a lot of rocks in the foreground (8479). Very peaceful images.
Thank you Siobhan.
Your city photos would also be perfect but I’m so glad you went for these. I always love the mood of your photos, Leanne.
That’s what I thought Sofia, and I almost did, but I thought people might be getting sick of them. Thank you.
Such a beautiful collection.
Thank you Lynette.
Quiet hours with sunsets and fog, sign me up.
I will Rebecca, thank you.
Gorgeous photos! I particularly love the early morning over the water!
Thank you so much Pamela.
Some great photos there, Leanne. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Lawrence.
Wonderful images, Leanne. I too love those foggy morning scenes. I, however, can no longer get out to shoot those scenes so I appreciate those that share with us.
Thank you David, I’m glad you liked the foggy ones. I’m sorry to hear that David.
So many wonderful sunrise images, and I agree that it is usually much more peaceful then than at sunset. But I’m especially drawn to your foggy images – I can really sense the stillness that fog creates around you. Wonderful shots for the theme!
Thank you so much Sarah. I think the foggy ones were a good one to put in, good to hear that people like them.
Leeanne, I love all of your beautiful and peaceful morning images. The foggy mornings are my favorites.
Thank you Beth, fog is the best subject.
Beautiful gallery, Leanne! I love the pun in the first comment. >grin<
Even though I am an early riser, I'm afraid I miss many of the quiet hours out of doors, but it's the time I'm most productive at my computer writing and editing.
Thank you John, you know I didn’t even notice the pun, complete accident.
I think I miss quite a few too, one thing to get up early, but can be another to actually leave the house.
You never mist a good opportunity!
Hahaha, thanks Geoff.
All of these are beautiful!!
Thank you Nora.
I’m an early morning person and I love these shots
Thank you Beth, it is the best time.
These are awesome. Love your fog shots… so peaceful.
Thank you Teresa.
Gorgeous images Leanne, I love the quiet that fog brings and you’ve captured it beautifully 🩵 xxx
Thank you, I thought the fog would be good.
Stunning images, Leanne. I thought that once I was older, I’d sleep less and get up earlier. Well, it hasn’t happened. I have great admiration for photographers like you who brave the early hours for the most beautiful soft light there is.
Thank you Egidio, Yeah I have a cat that seems to like waking me up at about 4am, that doesn’t help.
I’m very much an early morning person too, so I love this wonderful collection of images. I wouldn’t have thought of including fog, but you’re quite right. It enhances solitude, in a good way.
Early morning is the best. I like fog and think it is quiet, thank you Margaret.
Your photos showcase the beauty all around us!!
Thank you Julie.
Leanne, all your images are so incredible. I especially liked the bare trees in fog and sunlit. They certainly evoke quiet!
Thank you so much Anne.
All of these are so pretty, Leanne. The sunrises are lovely, but the fog is simply magical.
Thank you Lois, I love the fog.
Awesome! I love the colors.
Thank you Ziggy.
Lovely images Leanne, all well worth getting up for 🙂
Thank you Steve.