Finally, A Sunrise

After a quite a long gap, mainly due to weather, tide and work not suitably combining - I have finally been out on the beach for a sunrise. I chose to venture towards Rustington , along the seafront heading East from home.

As the sunrise was due just ahead of low tide, there was plenty of wet sand to reflect the pre-sunrise colours and several patches of interesting sand patterns left by that receding tide.

Out on the beach, it was a little breezy and very cold but I could see those pre-sunrise colours starting to appear as I approached my chosen spot along the promenade and wandered onto the beach.

I chose to view the pre-sunrise colours through one of the groynes as my first composition.

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Then I went further down the beach, aiming to capture the colours reflected in wet sand and some of the sand patterns.

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Soon the sun started to appear on the horizon, over the sea, initially appearing as a red ball . The sunlight quickly lit the tops of the small breaking waves and the ripples in the foreground.

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By now the sun was quite bright and too much for the photo even with an ND filter.

Time for a happy me to retire to home for a cooked breakfast.