On October 2nd, the sunrise was forecast (Environment Canada) to be at 7:15 a.m.
I brought my iPhone 14 Pro Max with me along ridge view trail behind our home and came home with the set of images below.
Technical: Automatic iPhone 14 Pro Max, handheld, ISO 64, 1/155 sec, f/1.8
Always get to your shooting location well before sunrise. Because I know the spot well, I arrived just before 7 a.m. and had time to walk to the far end of the ridge, taking mental notes of spots that looked like they were going to work well that morning. The photo above was taken at 7:08 a.m.
I then rotated the camera southward towards Mount Doug and used the wide lens:
I walked back to the northern end of the ridge, stopping at each of the other spots:
7:16 a.m.
Looking back northward toward the Gulf Islands:
7:21 a.m
Looking toward the rising sun and the sharp edge of the clouds on the US side of the Strait:
7:23 a.m
From the same spot: the first sign of the sun.
7:24 a.m. The sunrise:
7:25 Sunrise and Mount Doug:
7:28 Sunrise behind the Firs:
