Daybreak

When I get to work the sun is usually just peeking out over the horizon, which means that pedestrians and passers-by tend to cast long shadows in the early morning light. This phenomenon is somewhat short-lived, since the sun rises fairly quickly, but the other day I took just a few minutes and sat down outside my building waiting for people to walk by in hopes of catching an interesting silhouette. But more than that, I wanted something that would capture a sense of motion and life. It is a college campus after all, and there is usually something happening around here no matter the time of day. Sure enough, a few people and bike-riders did travel past and I snapped a few photos of each one not really knowing what would happen. Since I don't normally do this sort of thing I wasn't sure what aperture to use so I tried f/4 just for kicks and figured I would adjust things accordingly for next time based on the results of this experiment. When I got back to my computer I realized tha