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Early morning mist

It looks like we've skipped summer this year and gone straight from late spring into early autumn. I checked the weather last night and it didn't look like there would be much…

It looks like we’ve skipped summer this year and gone straight from late spring into early autumn. I checked the weather last night and it didn’t look like there would be much in the way of high cloud to get an epic sunrise so I wasn’t planning on going out. However, I woke up at 4.45am, so I thought I might pop out to see what I could get locally.

I took a walk to a field just a few minutes walk away. Although it’s close, I’ve not been in there for about 6 months, so I took a wander around to try to find a nice composition. It’s very flat (which is pretty much the case for a 50 mile radius), but there are a few trees dotted around. I found one which was “resting”. I tried a few angles; it was very close to another tree, which didn’t help as it was difficult to get a balanced composition without the branches getting into the shot. This is the first shot that I got; I like the colours in this one, but not too happy with the composition.

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I moved around to the right and got this one which I’m happier with:

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Once the colours started to leave the sky, I took a walk to a nearby stream. Luckily, there was a swan posing for me.

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I think I may have a little sleep now!