Winter Daylight Returning - a photo on Flickriver

I took this photo Thursday, February 3, at 1:30 pm near my home in Fairbanks, Alaska, on my way to work. That's about 25 minutes after solar noon. This was the first day this year that the Sun is rising above these tree tops (actually, it's been a few days, but it's been cloudy). Yesterday was the first day I saw the sunlight hitting the ground here.

The Sun only rises about 2.0° above the horizon on the winter solstice. We barely get any light on the backside of a hill, and trees block the horizon. The darkness is taxing. Luckily, I don't suffer much from seasonal depression, but I still feel the effects. I started to feel much more tired than I should have. It gets harder to get moving in the morning.

Now the Sun rises to 9° above the horizon. In February, we start to feel the return of sunlight. It feels warm, even if it's freezing out. It's a weird feeling.

I take many photos, but I'm rarely happy with how they turn out. Every one I look at, I start to criticize myself for how it turned out. Not in a bad way, just looking at what I could have done differently. I'm not at all unhappy with this one. I wouldn't have done it differently, even though some of the classic compositional elements are out of place.

Any movement from this spot would have broken the smooth white framing of the snow on the bottom or blown out the image from the light of the Sun. Or it's just that I'm starting to feel some of that sunlight again. Or that I've remembered to take my vitamin D for the last few days. Anyway, I like it, and I hope you do too.

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Taken on: February 3, 2023

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/7.1, 1/1600 sec, 28.9mm (=28mm), ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M3
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/1600)
Focal Length:	28.9mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	darktable 4.2.0
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