Hi Jim,
you are a 100,000% right!!
LIGHT is the thing that makes photography that fascinating.
Watching the daily photo-press ... I do not quite understand the ongoing HIGH ISO camera race!
Some chaps think, it was nicer to take pictures without light .... I think differently .... maybe old-fashinoed.
As far as AL-photography is concerned ... I can assure everybody ...
A sunset is nice ... but really nothing compared to a sunrise.
Early in the morning you have two things ... wonderful light and peace!!!
Dresden: The "Zwinger". A place where thousands of people make any nice picture impossible.
This picture can only be taken before breakfast! Then, you have wonderful light ... and peace ... i.e. no people around you!
SD9/ SIGMA 10-20mm EX DC / Three pictures (freehanded) stiched with ADOBE photo-merge.
See you with nice pictures
Klaus