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This one is a lazy 231 seconds taken just over 30 minutes before sunrise - we had a very thick heavy band of cloud on the horizon which makes it hard to distinguish where the sea ends and the sky begins but also meant a spectacular sunrise was unlikely. It was so dark on my side of the scene I knew I had to do a little light painting fill using a small zoomable LED torch on this side mostly on the sculpture but also on the foreground stones...

Blowing Bubbles in the Sky


Around sunrise I moved further up the hill above the sculpture to try some longer length views - this one just before sunrise was about as colourful as the actual sunrise itself got

Raspberries at Dawn


By this stage I was having real trouble with lots of condensation buildup on my filters (Circular Polariser and Graduated ND) which required frequent mopping to avoid having hazy contrastless images

Just after sunrise as the sun got up into the cloud layer on the horizon we got a fabulous second chance rise and the colour storm in the sky really started to happen so I stayed where I was and continues with compositions with the Bubble No:5 sculpture

Blowing on the Fire


and then ten minutes after sunrise the sun finally broke through above the heavy cloudbank for a spectacular second rise

Second Sun

I think I like the first composition from the lower viewpoint because makes better use of the leading lines. That particular sculpture does not do much for me but the sky certainly looks good.

#1 is my favourite. Bouncing that blood red off the blue sky is appealing. Amazing how the atmospherics can change a picture.

I also like the first one best.

I like the first composition and the last sky.
I like nothing about the sculpture.