Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Taking a leaf out of Lesley's book, we were up at 4:30am this morning, and on the road by 5am, heading East.
As the sun came up, it climbed through an outer band from Tropical Storm Ileana - coming up from Mexico.
We pulled off the road at an overpass to gain some elevation, and had a ten minute window of light to shoot with, before the sun broke through again.
I used the X-Pro1 Panoramic mode, with the 18mm Lens, and set the exposure for the brighter part of the shot before starting the left-right pan.
The shot is in camera JPEG, with Fuji's Velvia film simulation.
If you click and open the image in a new window you'll see a larger version - or you can check it out on FLICKR.
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As the sun came up, it climbed through an outer band from Tropical Storm Ileana - coming up from Mexico.
We pulled off the road at an overpass to gain some elevation, and had a ten minute window of light to shoot with, before the sun broke through again.
I used the X-Pro1 Panoramic mode, with the 18mm Lens, and set the exposure for the brighter part of the shot before starting the left-right pan.
The shot is in camera JPEG, with Fuji's Velvia film simulation.
![7909767772_e1b70df592_k.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8170%2F7909767772_e1b70df592_k.jpg&hash=53c11e7f32faa4fc541447df1654f1d2)
If you click and open the image in a new window you'll see a larger version - or you can check it out on FLICKR.
All sizes | Daybreak in the Desert | Flickr - Photo Sharing!