We were late for rugby this morning. A major part of the reason was the sunrise. When I went out to feed the pigs, with plenty of time to spare, I discovered the sky was spectacularly striped by a combination of cloud formations and the light of the rising sun. Feed the pigs and get [...]
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Snow erases the sunrise
As I was putting the boys on the school bus this morning, I noticed that not only did we had a beautiful sunrise but there was also a snowstorm blowing in from the west. I decided to see if I could capture the moment when the two events coincided. By the time I brought the [...]
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Crows at dawn
We’ve seen several ‘flash’ sunrises over the past few days, where a dark sky gives way to just a few minutes of pastel colours before everything turns grey. I missed several opportunities to capture the colours, by seconds on two occasions, but finally caught them this morning.
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Sunrise at Stonehead on Winter Solstice
I fed the livestock at a run this morning as I wanted to photograph the sun rising behind the stones of the Stonehead Circle at dawn on the Winter Solstice. After finishing my chores with about 10 minutes to spare, I collected the camera equipment and set myself up before the stones, which date to [...]
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Red sky in the morning
An ominous dawn sky behind Dunnideer and Bennachie. Related articles Breaking dawn revisited (stoneheadcroft.com) Sunrise over the croft (stoneheadcroft.com) Sunset, Plan B (stoneheadcroft.com)
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28 January, 2012


