If you’ve been keeping up with me on Twitter you’ll know that I sent out a tweet for help earlier this week. I said, “A question for anyone in MO, where is the best spot to watch a sunrise/sunset? I need to photograph one this week, I’ll take any suggestions.” Yet another reason why I love Twitter, I got a lot of responses and even some through my old friend Facebook. We’ll love on Twitter some more in another post, in the mean time I got some great suggestions and went to scope one out early this morning at about 7:15. This one is located inside Meramec Spring Park just outside of St. James, MO. It’s known worldwide for it’s great trout fishing, but it’s also hidden inside some of the great hills of Missouri. Since it has hills there is a historic drive that will lead you right up to the scenic overlook that obviously overlooks the hills and park nestled below it.
Sadly for me and my photographs hopes I was too late to catch a great sunrise, but I decided that since I paid 4 dollars to get in I was going to make it worth it. I practiced some HDR photography. trying to hone those skills in. Also shot a really quick and not so great panoramic that you will see later. Then I headed back down the hill to one of the playground and cook out areas to just see what there was to shoot. Luckily there was some cool equipment to photograph and so I did. Below you can check out all the shots I took there this morning. Some of them turned out pretty good, and some weren’t so good (like the sunrise ones). Lesson be learned head out before the sun even starts rising if you want catch some great shots, all wasn’t lost though I have one location scoped out and got some fun shots to boot. Enjoy, and let me know which one is your favorite.
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