Sunrise photography posts highlight coastal and lake dawns

natureJun 13, 2026713,951

Photographers showcased dawn scenes from Wolverine Lake to the Chesapeake Bay, with images shot at Colpoy's Bay, North Myrtle Beach, County Galway, Milwaukee and New Bedford. Captures include a long-exposure of cloud and water motion at Colpoy's Bay, Canada geese flying through a riverfront sunrise frame, a magpie perched at sunrise in County Galway, and mist- and fog-drenched farm and bay mornings. Several shots emphasis boats, marinas and coastal skyscapes, McKinley Marina in Milwaukee and the bridge between Fish Island and Popes Island in New Bedford are singled out for golden-hour light. These images demonstrate how sunrise light transforms coastal, lake and rural subjects, offering practical inspiration for landscape, wildlife and long-exposure photography techniques.

Tropicality

@tropicality.bsky.social

Pic of the Day…Star Struck 🌅 tropicality.com #sunrisers #sunrise #sunrisephotography #beach #sunrisedaily #sunrises #sunriseday #sunrisemind #beaches

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Michael R Photography 🌿

@msriffle.bsky.social

A summer morning on the beach just before sunrise. I'm a morning person. I'd much rather be walking along the beach in morning when it's 70 versus 95 in the afternoon when the sun sets. This beach faces east so it's perfect for morning light. #photography #landscape #ECK #beaches #sunrise

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Tenaj Yecal2

Gorgeous If you used ALT, I would repost, this is so beautiful but you didn’t leaving out an entire community from Our Community 😞 …but you’ll still get the repost from my chiding hoping you take it to 💟🥵

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@bellwhitworth.bsky.social

Good gorgeous gusty Saturday from me and Mr. Beach Bum Beagle 🏖️🐾😊 Home now and he’s down for the count. Coffee! ☕️☕️☕️

A black brown and white beagle sits by a lake with his head turned back. Waves are crashing on the shore, highlighted by the sunrise.

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Susan🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍁🇨🇦🐶7

I’ll have you know that, despite the wind blowing all manner of shit about, I successfully kept the Hoover from inhaling paper 👍🏼😅

Dave Meredith

@davemeredith.bsky.social

Long exposure of #water vapour (clouds) moving over water (Colpoy's Bay, Ontario) shortly before sunrise for the #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWater #BrucePeninsula #BruceCounty #ECK #photography #TenMinutesFromHome #LongExposureProject #clouds #sunrise

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Lorraine Carey

@lalawriter71.bsky.social

Sunrise from the boat. Happy Saturday, everyone. ☀️☀️☀️

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JL Foster

@jlfoster.bsky.social

Good morning Is he dead yet? #mornjng #sunrise #photography #bluesky #bluewaters #greatlakes #Ontario

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PJ 🇮🇪☘️

@knotweed-ireland.bsky.social

Magpie this morning at sunrise, patiently waiting for the next boat... 😀 Co. Galway, Ireland. #Magpie #Sunrise #Birds #Stripes #BirdOfTheDay #Wildlife #Ireland #Nature #ECK #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #PhotographyIsArt

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Bernard Doucette

@bdoucette.bsky.social

A very compliant subject rests on a post for this morning's sunrise shot 😄👋 #Sunrise #Beach #Grasshopper

An Eastern Lubber Grasshopper atop a dune post at Anastasia Island.

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Plan Von Akbar2

“I’ll pose for this guy,” thought the grasshopper. "Maybe he'll pay well. He seems like a decent man."😉😁

Sam ja

@ambousam.bsky.social

☀️ The sun reminds us every day that we, too, can rise again. #Sun #Sunshine #Sunrise #Photography #photographer #Nature #peace #Thesun

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Sharon

@sharonwelby.bsky.social

Good morning. Happy weekend. #Sunrise #ColourADay #GreenSat #StunDay #BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #EastCoastKin #ECK #art #Nature.

The sun rises beside a tree in a field over looking a garden with flowers.

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Porchville

@znabal.bsky.social

Walk into Sunrise #Scape #photography #travel #EastCoastKin #ECK #SouthCarolina #MyrtleBeach #iPhone #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWForWater #sunrise Heritage Shores Nature Preserve North Myrtle Beach, SC - July 2025 Going out with the new camera today, maybe tomorrow I'll post something new.

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Greg

@sandygreg.bsky.social

Sun rising above the mist on a brisk country morning. #sunrise #photography #nature #mistymorning #LandscapePhotography

Sun rising above clouds on the horizon with mist still lingering over a paddock. The sun is painting the clouds an orange and yellow colour. The sky above the clouds is showing signs of the night's retreat with light shades of blue.

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Greg4

Thankyou for the repost Jaycee @jaycee-visionlogic.eurosky.social

Greg4

Thankyou for the repost @pierpaolo.bsky.social

Greg4

Thankyou for the repost @hyperionpsn.bsky.social

Greg3

Thankyou for the repost Mich @michblack1.bsky.social

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Greg2

Thankyou for the repost Susan @sdcushing.bsky.social

Zoë

@artistzoe.bsky.social

Good morning! 😊💖 It's 5 AM on the farm: It's so foggy that you can barely see the cattle! 😶‍🌫️ But the sunrise is a beautiful pink and orange! 😊 #photography #nature #farm #morning #fog #weather #clouds #landscape #sunrise #dawn