Joe, Stephen and I met early this morning in an informal Wild America Photography group outing to Belmar Beach in NJ. Our goal was simple, capture the sunrise and then get some pictures of birds, preferably Snow Bunting. The sun was quite agreeable to our desires. Unfortunately, the birds were not. I got one shot of a loon and some sparrows. We did see some Snow Bunting fly out and away, but that is as close as we got. After a few hours, and a few locations, we called it quits.

This was shot with "Black Glass" or a #10 Neutral Density Filter. That is a dark as a filter gets and it allows for long exposures which softens the water and make the sunburst.

I hope you enjoy.