Pink Sunrise

A cold, clear, frosty morning in early December began with this pre-sunrise image of pink clouds hanging lazily above the trees like a diaphanous veil draped across the early-morning sky.

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The colourful yet delicate patterns painted by sky, clouds and sunlight neatly offset the dark, harsh shapes of the naked trees in the foreground.

As sunrise pictures go, it may be a little insipid - although, technically, it's not a sunrise picture because the sun had not yet risen above the horizon - but I liked the contrast between the curvy, gently flowing clouds, complete with a visible structure no matter how vague, and the dark, spiky outlines of the trees that showed nothing beyond their crude shape.