Red Dawn

It was no less than a short adventure to capture this scene. I crawled out of bed ten minutes late, having been up at 4am the previous two mornings. The ...
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It was no less than a short adventure to capture this scene. I crawled out of bed ten minutes late, having been up at 4am the previous two mornings. The plan was to head back to Cathedral Rocks for another sunrise shoot. By the time I had parked the car, there was already so much colour in the sky 50 minutes before sunrise. Rock-hopping my way in the dark along the shoreline towards my target, I soon found a 10ft wide channel blocking my path. A few short expletives later, I decided not to risk wading across as I knew the tide was coming in. So I back-tracked and scouted out another suitable spot. I set up my camera and started firing off some shots. At the same time, I was constantly doing a jig on the spot as I batted away hundreds of mosquitoes feasting on me as their early morning meal. I resisted the urge to smack the ones sitting on my camera. I'm sure anyone who watched me from afar would have thought I was mad. Nevertheless, it was worth the pain and itchies in the end!
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