This Bradford Pear at the church across from Kroger on Chenal could cause traffic accidents. The trees are running a little late this year but are finally getting there.

Since the sun is on the left hand side, this must be from the north of Pinnacle Mountain. Correct! I arrived right at about sunrise and shot pictures every minute until the light was good. At first the sky was always blown out but I switched to manual to bring that under control and to my surprise, the foreground was still okay.

While my “main” camera was shooting at 300mm to get a closeup, my other camera was shooting wide angle (18mm). You may have seen the video produced from the main camera. Here I set the camera on a tripod and shot one picture every five minutes.

This one was far easier to process than the video. Click the image for a larger view.