Drama 16 Stage Lighting

2. Cadillac Mountain Sunrise by Chuck Kime, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30652603@N07/4904579623/

3. Sunrises/Sunsets

4. This photo was take of the sunrise view from Cadillac Mountain in Bar Harbor, Maine. The top of Cadillac Mountain is the first place in the continental US to see the sun every morning, and people gather there at 4:00 AM to meet and greet the day. The lighting in this photo is especially incredible as it moves in solid layers of bright color all the way down the view. The top is the new-day blue of sky just touched by the sun, on top of an almost greenish patch that is so light as to be unnoticeable. Under that are the true sunshine colors of sunflowers, blood oranges, lilacs, and just at the center is a spot of the hottest pink ever seen in nature surrounding the tangerine half circle of the sun. Below that the blue of the atlantic is covered by a layer of early morning mist, creating a dull greyish blue that makes the near neon of the above colors stand out even more. the bottom of the picture is framed with the bright green of spring trees, which creates the final stripe of color. This view in itself is astonishing because of the nearly unreal richness and brightness of the colors. While many sunrises are thought of in swatches of pastels, they can be just as bright and overwhelming as bloody red sunsets.