Winter solstice dawn

It's the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, and at the moment of sunrise the sun is nowhere to be seen. There is a vague pink tinge in the sky to the east as dawn approaches - and I take a few insurance shots - but decide there's nothing really worth seeing.

Instead, I start shooting with black & white conversions in mind.

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Early morning light

 

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From monochrome, to monochrome

I'm on the beach roughly 30 minutes before sunrise, in the hope of something spectacular. There is a good deal of broken cloud in the sky and it all looks very promising, so I get my camera ready... and wait.

Sunrise itself comes and goes, but there's almost no colour in the sky. Instead, the scene maintains a monochromatic grey, which is rmoather disappointing.

But all is not lost, as I select the frame with the best foreground water pattern and go to town with a secondary mono treatment.

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