#1: 5:36 AM || The morning’s blue hour wanes, mist and haze lifts and the sky begins to glow in a lighter shade of plum violet (f/8, ISO 50, 30”)
#2: 5:48 AM || Orange and red colors begin to intensify overtaking the blue and purple tones (f/10, ISO 50, 5” )
#3: 5:49 AM || The sun begins nearing the horizon behind Angkor Wat brightening the already explosive orange and red colors while some blue lingers (f/10, ISO 50, 2.5” )
#4: 5:52 AM || 8 minutes to sunrise, the sky erupts further in a fire-orange burst bathing the entire scene and overhwleming the crowd with a heat breeze rushing across the pond (f/10, ISO 50, 2.5”)
Looking south to the other tourists and photographers who joined me on the shore of The Norther Reflection Pond on my first Angkor Wat sunrise trip
Looking north to the other tourists and photographers who joined me on the shore of The Norther Reflection Pond on my first Angkor Wat sunrise trip
A very brief video to give a feel of the sunrise and tourists milling about 30 minutes after sunrise.
A still frame from my iPhone of those enjoying the sunrise at Angkor Wat on my second sunrise trip
Angkor Wat at Sunrise (Sunrise Trip 1) (iPhone)
Angkor Wat at Sunrise (Sunrise Trip 2) (iPhone)
Angkor Wat at Sunrise (Sunrise Trip 2) (iPhone) and some of the tourists on the northern shore of the reflection pond
