Sunrise at KRVL

I based my submission off a picture I took a couple of years ago at a glider contest in Reedsville, Pennsylvania.

After waking up at around 5:00 in the morning on account of the heater in the camper I was staying in failing (you'd be surprised how cold it gets at night in central PA, even in May), I decided I'd try to warm up by taking a shower in the flight center. Walking across the airfield in the cold, I stopped instantly when I saw the first rays of dawn shining through the valley and over my car. I ran back to the camper to grab my phone, and, knowing only the bare minimum about photography, began trying to take a half-decent photo. I played with every setting I could, crouching up and down and trying to find the perfect angle, all while shaking and chattering in the cold.

Most of the photos didn't turn out very well at all. However I'm very proud of this one, even if capturing it was mostly luck.

These are the real photos I took, plus some aerial shots from race days.