A few more Joshua Tree sunrises

[GB1]

Here they be.

The second one looks like Africa to me.

Kodachrome 64 rules!

[MB1]

I like the first one for the blues and purples but the city lights kind of ruin the feeling of isolation and the whole thing looks tilted to the right.

I think of the three I'd pick the last one with about half of the foreground cropped out.

[GB1]

MB - Tried cropping the fg as you mentioned, but that seemed to beg for some off the top (and sides) to go too. I just couldn't get it right One of those images! The colors were somewhat muted for a Joshua Tree sunrise anyways, so this batch of shots don't make my Best Of bin.

It's funny, but I sort of like the lights. But I can see why someone would not like them. it turns out that east is looking right at the next little town (Twentynine Palms, I believe) and there's not much you can do about it except take the shots from inside the park. However, they don't open the gates until about 8 am. If you camped out inside the park you would be set.

Gb