3 January 2,2025 Sunrise over Biscayne Bay and Matheson Hammock Park

[Dale D]

It was the first non-holiday day of the new year, and time to see the sunrise over Biscayne Bay in Miami at my favorite shooting grounds, Mathson Hammock, part of the Miami City parks.

I really needed to practice with both the drone and the Nikon

Z8 so I planned to do a short filming at Matheson Hammock Park, my favorite stomping grounds. As per usual, I try to get there when the gate opens at 6AM!

There are a crew of regular photographers at this site every morning and they were there too! We all gave room to each other. I shot a timelapse of the sunrise using Photopills to locate the site of the sunrise. There were just too many clouds on the horizon but I got some good colors. When it became full light, I walked the short distance to the lagoon and did some drone flights over the lagoon. The tourists are still in town and things get crowded. By Tuesday AM it will be empty so I might go there again for more tries for a nice big fireball sunrise. Here are some images from this morning’s shoot.

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Miami Cruise Port (600 mm lens)

Biscayne Bay first light

Sunrise-Matheson Hammock Lagoon

Lifeguard House- Lagoon

Lagoon and Biscaye Bay

Sunrise colors Biscayne Bay

 

[Lens]

Great shots Dale!

 

[Dale D]

Thank you

 

[Prop Wash]

Beautifully done! Nice to have a place like this so close to you!

 

[Dale D]

Beautifully done! Nice to have a place like this so close to you!

Yes it is nice to have this place. No drone restrictions either. It is in an island of dense city congestion and the only wide open space alternative is a one hour drive west out to the non-national park part of the Everglades.
I am working a new video to incorporate thee images and some drone footage.