Angkor Wat - Sunrise

[martook]

Well, another pic from Angkor Wat, this time it's of the sunrise, which is spectacular!

According to EXIF, picture was taken at 05.50 in the morning, so it was one of the last shots of the sunrise. Photo taken handheld with Minolta P&S, ISO 100, f/3, manual exposure at 1/10s.

Image has been de-noised, levelled and cropped. Also played with brightness and contrast, because I just wanted the silhouette of Angkor against the lovely colours.

[martook]

Have another version where I've adjusted the colours a bit that makes it look a bit more real, but all my photos actually have the colour like the first one, it was bloody gorgeous:)

Comments are very welcome!

[Meerkat17]

Nice colourful sky
I like it.
Regards

[skade]

Very nice! I really like the colours of the sky, its beautiful!

[martook]

Thanks, both of you!

It was kind of painful to crawl out of bed at 4 in the morning, especially since they for some reason had the water turned off during night, so I went back to bed and slept for another ten minutes while waiting for them to fix the shower ;)
As you can see, it was worth the trouble of getting out of bed so early, although next time I go there (which I have to do, since it's one of the most amazing things to see in the world, everyone should go there and see the temples), I'll bring a tripod. Took 40 shots, this is one of the two pictures that didn't come out completely destroyed by blurriness :)

[rssfhs]

Looks pretty sharp for handheld @ 1/10s!