Here’s another of those surprises that happens when you keep going despite things looking less than promising. I left the house with a sky absolutely clear and full of stars. Not usually a good sign for a brilliant sunrise. But as I drove up Pelham Hill heading for Route 202, I could see some clouds at the horizon. It looked like the sky would be socked in where the sun would rise. But the clouds split and created a gap for the light to come through and some nice color started to build below the clouds.
Although the temperature was below freezing, the warmth from the previous day held by the water created some nice fog to fill the foreground.
I hope the color looks OK. I had to adjust it because someone asked to see the image in an email and that looked awful straight out of the original jpeg. Then the original looked OK on Facebook but not here, so I made another saturation adjustment. I wish they all used calibration.
Stephen Gingold Nature Photography Blog 
If they all used the same calibration, apparently that would make life too easy for the rest of us! I have the same grumble. But in fact all my grumbles fade away when I look at this photograph. It is stunning, Steve.
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And if everyone understood photography processing has been done since the beginning of photography, that would make life easier for us too.
I was worried about the sky being a little too much, but it is proving to be popular.
Thanks, I.K. 🙂
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So true!
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That is the kind of morning sky that starts a day off right. Those colors can be so fleeting. Looks like you were good with your timing and good fortune.
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It built and built, Jim. The brilliance lasted a few minutes and only faded a little until the sun approached the horizon. It certainly did signal a nice day. Our last warm one for a while, I think.
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We have 2 inches of rain expected then colder. No leonids for me.
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We need the rain…but we need to see the Leonids too. Our rain is coming tomorrow (Wednesday) night.
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That’s a yummy sunrise, all right.
I’ve used fill flash but never fill fog. At least fog doesn’t require batteries the way flash does.
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The reservoir itself looks nice as a mid-ground subject, but the fog is much more appealing, I think. No batteries required and constantly morphing into a variety of shapes.
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Heavenly sunrise with the fog still hanging low.. So ,many layers here which makes this photo so beautiful and interesting.
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The fog is key to all those layers coming together, Yvonne. I liked the movement of the fog and chose this over a few other shapes. It was just like watching clouds as they changed their form.
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She’s a beauty with that river of fog.
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Thanks, Lyle. The fog was rolling right along atop the water.
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The colours are beautiful.
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Thanks, Ann. It was quite a show and unexpected which made it a double treat.
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I really like those four pines (or whatever) in the foreground. They look like spectators at a remarkable performance. I almost can see them applauding.
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Oh – I just saw your title. I still have to do a double think when I see the word “twilight.” I’ve always attached it to evening. I’m not sure I’ve ever known someone other than you to use it for morning, too. I suppose it’s common among photographers.
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Many people just consider twilight (both civil and nautical) as a night event because they sleep later in the morning, I guess, but it is applied to both ends of the day.
I like that analogy to a performance and an audience. There were several other folks watching with me, but I think the idea of the trees applauding is more likely as they get their energy directly from the sun.
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To quote Yoda…”Pines they are”.
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