01.17.2021 Surprisingly Satisfying Sunday Sunrise

Bentley got me up at 2 this morning.  He usually lets me sleep until at least 2:20.  🙂  When we went out the sky was fairly clear and I could see stars.  Let’s face it…when I get up that early of course I see stars.  Anyway, the sky looked promising and after I went back to bed and then had breakfast things had changed a bit. Clouds were moving in which was the forecast and there was just this little tiny gap at the horizon. But that can portend good things.  I drove by a few favorite locations and saw the slightest rosy glow on some of the upper clouds which then faded and I accepted that things weren’t going to happen.  But they did.  I was driving up Southeast Street resigned to run a few errands when the sky lit up and I quickly pulled over at this spot where I had made a few images in the past. I composed to get the reflection in the water and also eliminate a farmhouse to the left. Although the warmth was reflecting in the windows I didn’t want it to pull the viewers in that direction so framed without it.