Getting Up Early Sucks. But Sometimes It Looks Like This.

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Let’s be honest. Getting up early for office days sucks. It sucked in 1998. It sucks now. And unless you’re some kind of 5 AM Club biohacker with a kale smoothie fetish, it’ll keep sucking forever.

But then there are mornings like this.

The kind where the sunrise is so ridiculous, so cinematic, you half-expect Morgan Freeman to start narrating your life. “And on that morning… he realized… maybe it was worth hauling his tired ass out of the car.”

Look, this wasn’t shot on some overpriced smartphone that claims it’s a DSLR with a TikTok filter. And no, I didn’t send up the drone like some Instagram influencer trying to “find himself” in Bali. This was the Fujifilm X-T2. The old faithful. The carry-always camera. (Okay… confession: it was in the car. But I DID get out. Which, for a pre-coffee office morning, is basically a triathlon.)

Lesson #1: The Camera You Carry Wins

There’s a lesson here bigger than photography (cue dramatic music): The tools you actually use are worth more than the ones you think you’ll use “someday.” My X-T2 isn’t the latest shiny toy, but it got the job done. Just like showing up gets the job done. Every. Single. Time.

Lesson #2: Beauty Doesn’t Text You First

You don’t get views like this from bed. You don’t get them from scrolling reels of people seeing their sunrises. You get them by showing up. Even when it’s inconvenient. Especially then.

Lesson #3: The Pain of Regret > The Pain of Effort

Back in my day (cue nostalgic 90s music), we didn’t have social media FOMO—we had actual FOMO. Like “I didn’t get the shot because I left my camera at home” FOMO. That kind of regret sticks. Getting out of the car? That’s just effort. Effort fades. Regret stays.

So yeah… getting up early still sucks. But sometimes, the world throws you a bone. A fiery, mist-soaked, “holy-crap-I-should-print-this” bone.

And for the record: The X-T2 and the 18-55? Still a killer combo. Stop worrying about your gear, and start worrying about your excuses.

Now… go take the damn shot.

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Wow!
With views like that, it's well worth waking up early to exercise!
Excellent photos!

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It sure is! Thanks ;-)
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hehhe.. ORRRR you can wait until winter time and that sunrise is at 8 am ;)))))

Nice shots dude!

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That IS a good way of cheating the season-system indeed :-D lol
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Wow! Amazing colors! Stunning shots mate!

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Thank you! Yeah, the colors, combined with the fog made it an incredible morning!
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Magnificent morning shots, brother! It's funny, when I've lived in colder climates, I tend to be a night owl, and I hated getting up early, but when I've lived in the tropics, like Costa Rica, and here in Hawai'i, it happens naturally. I'm glad that you got a fantasric early-morning bone tossed your way! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Yeah, I notice the same, winters are more nightly and getting up later (when the light comes, around 9am), summers are easier and nicer to get up early!

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Yep, indeedy, and since the light appears here between 5AM-6AM, depending on the time of year, it's easy to wake up at those hours. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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That is a nice hour indeed! What time does the sun set? And how much difference does it give between the seasons? Here it is a bit sick, sun up around 5 in summer, down around 22:30. In winter the sun rises by 9am and goes down around 16:30 :-D
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It is indeed! During the summer, like now, it sets around 7PM. During the winter the sun goes down around 5:30PM. In terms of temperature there is not a huge difference between the seasons, though summer does tend to be warmer and drier. It only rarely gets down into the low 60s °F in winter, and only occasionally into the low 90s °F in summer. Most of the time, no matter the season, it's generally comfortable. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Comfortable it certainly seems to be over there!!!
Lights out at 7:30PM does feel like a bit early, but on the other hand, it is easier to get used to then 4:30 :-D
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Well, at least in temperature and weather...lol! 4:30PM is certainly quite early, yikes. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Well… it depends on… nah, nevermind, just plain Yikes indeed!!!!! :-D lol

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Hahaha...is that during the time when you have like 4 hours of daylight? 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Just a little nuance there: 7 hours of daylight per day! And 4 hours of sunlight, in a whole frikkin’ month!!! (And actually 6 weeks :-D )
lol!
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Ah, OK, I see...lol! I must say, that doesn't sound super inspiring! 😁🙏💚✨🤙

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Well… It is pretty depressing I can say :-D lol
And then there’s the other physical issues you will get from a lack of Vit D… :-)
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I'm sure. I'd go bonkers. Yeah, that can definitely be a problem. Sunlight on our skin is so important, and for multiple reasons. 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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These are all wonderful photos, true postcards of visual poetry between light, earth and fog!...

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My favorite has been this one due to its amazing management of the vertical plane full of diverse and very well-placed elements... That horizon in the lower third, the impeccable management of perfect light, the supreme central vanishing point, that wonderful sun trying to shine through the fog precisaely in the lower left quadrant... A marvel all around!...

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Thank you very much! Really appreciate your very nice words ;-) Yes, that one is a favorite of mine as well! And I would like to say that it was a lucky shot, but it wasn't ;-) I love empty space, and tension, the rule of thirds and leading lines. And I adore sunrises and sunsets ;-)
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wow!!
a very nice shots, sometimes wake up early in the morning and to see the stunning beauty of a sunrise can relax our mind..😊

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It sure does my friend! It sure does!!!!
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