Two sunrises at Yavapai Point, Grand Canyon, November 2008

We spent Thanksgiving at the Grand Canyon. Of course I ended up taking a lot of photos. On two mornings, I woke before dawn and went to Yavapai Point to see the sunrise. The first day was somewhat cloudy so the results were pretty mixed, as you can see here. The second day was all cloudless glory, and I was happier with the results, which you can see here. I was shooting with the Canon EF-S f2.8 17-55 IS. I brought along my Tokina superwide but in the end didn't make use of it, I decided that putting it on would result in my picking up too much extraneous junk. I regretted not bringing a longer lens to zero in on some of the interest light effects when the sunlight hit particular formations.

If you are in too much of a hurry to visit the individual galleries, you can check out a selection of my favorites from those two mornings here.

And if you are in a real hurry, because you have places to go and people to meet, here are a few real favorites...