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Miami, Florida.
I was up early on disembarkation day. We like to pack light and take our luggage off the ship, skipping the overnight pickup and the timed departure for picking up our stuff at the pier. It’s simply easier to walk off the ship with our luggage as soon as the ship clears customs and we “walk-offs” are allowed to leave.
We got ready for one more breakfast on the ship and I stepped out on the balcony. We were already docked when I awoke and around 6:30, I captured this image of the sunrise. It was still technically the blue hour as the sun hadn’t yet broken the horizon line and the long cruise ship causeway contained many ships getting ready to disgorge their passengers and accept a new cadre of guests.
About the photo: I captured the image with my Samsung S23U in pro mode, so I had a DNG file to work with. I’ve been using pro mode on this camera much more often as it is easier to extract the DNGs from the camera than in my previous Samsung. I loaded the file into Adobe Lightroom Classic to catalog it and use the geometric straightening tools. I also cropped the right edge. A cruise ship bow and our ship’s superstructure blocked my capture of the brightest area of the sky and those details didn’t add anything to the image.
From the basic adjustments, I sent it off to Luminar Neo for final processing. First on the agenda was noise reduction in the Noiseless app. Even at a high reduction setting, the left side still exhibits some noise artifacts, but Neo’s treatment removed most of the noise. An overhang from our ship blocked the upper right corner of the sky so an application of Luminar Neo’s Gen-Erase tool removed the obstruction. It did a nice job of recreating the sky in that area. A slight difference in shading could easily be attributed to that thin cloud layer just below the area I modified with one of Neo’s latest AI tools. Only a slight tweak of the Enhanced AI tool finished the image to my satisfaction and I was ready to share it here. Click on the image above to view it in 2K HD on my Flickr site if you want to pixel peep.
I encourage fellow bloggers to create their own Cellpic Sunday posts. I never have a specific topic for this feature, and the only rules are that the photo must be captured with a cell phone, iPad, or another mobile device… If you have an image from a drone or even a dashcam, that’s acceptable as well. The second rule is to link your challenge response to this post or leave a comment here with a link to your post in the comment. Oh, and, you don’t have to post it on a Sunday.
John Steiner
A grandeur arrival indeed
Such a beautiful morning that day. Thanks Hammad!
great photo 🙂
What a lovely hazy morning! Good tip about the packing. I’ve never cruised but it would drive me wild hanging about to disembark.
Thanks, Jo. We used to put out the bags for unloading every night. When we decided to limit ourselves to airline size carry-ons, we found it so much easier to disembark and get on our way.
Fantastic shot, John 👏 The light-to-dark graduation across the image is perfect, made better by the silhouetted skyline in the lightest part of the shot 😃
Thanks, Jez! It was a magical scene. I’m glad that I stepped out to see it.
Lovely sight, indeed.
I often crop photos (especially if I can’t erase the horrible bits).
Cropping is a tool that I use on almost every image even if only to straighten the horizon. Thanks, Vicki!
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Splendid! Here is my photo from the cell: https://picturesimperfectblog.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/a-crack-in-the-pavement/
Thanks for joining the challenge!
My pleasure, John.
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That’s beautiful, a fitting repayment for your early rising and organisation re packing 🙂
Wow!
Golden glow! Beautifully captured!
Love the reflection.
Thanks, Philo!
You are welcome, John.
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How nice to see that sunrise from the ship, John. I will have to look into reducing noise from my images sooner than later. Thanks for hosting! Here is mine: https://secondwindleisure.com/2024/03/03/sunday-stills-rain-rain-go-away/
Some of the new AI noise removal tools are spectacular, that’s for sure.
It’s a very interesting feeling to arrive somewhere at that hour. There is the stillness of sleep when you arrive and slowly watch the place starting to wake up! My entry here:
I love early morning arrivals at port, even on the last morning of a cruise.
Thanks for sharing this in Miami. Anita
What a gorgeous photo John!
Thanks, Robert!
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It’s a wow photo, John. Marvellous!
Here is mine:
Thanks, Sofia! Your shot on the waterfront makes me want to walk along there and enjoy the morning.
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Lovely picture. I hadn’t heard of the blue hour before. It hasn’t heard of me, either. I think you should show the before and after pictures, John. The way it is, it seems like the picture has always looked perfect. It’s seamless. 🙂
Thanks, Marsha! You are forecasting a post that I am already working on for a future challenge. Stay tuned.
My blue hour photos tend to be from the evening hour rather than the morning.
Interesting. I thought that the evening was the golden hour. I should take some more photography classes. Things like composition and processing are more interesting to me than how the camera works.
Golden hour is either morning or evening, Same for blue hour. I also enjoy processing and composition, and I let the camera do the automatic exposure unless I’m trying a “camera trick.”
I always let the camera do it’s thing. I don’t have any tricks! 🙂
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What a pretty start to the day (being an early riser bodes well for an excellent safari, John!)
It will be your job, Dries, to help motivate this normally late riser to get up and get out! >grin<
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Great and amazing Cellpic Post John. I love that photography of the City of Miami💕👍👍💯🔥
Thanks! It was a beautiful morning.
A stunning capture, John. What a sight! This brings back many happy memories from Miami.
Thanks, Dina! I admit to not getting up early enough to capture more of these blue hour morning scenes.
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