Earlier this week I woke up at around 5am, as I usually do. I went to the kitchen to make coffee. I look out of the window and was presented with this beautiful sight in the sky. Talk about red sky in the morning, hey?
There’s nothing technical about this picture at all. Apart from a minor tweak to the contrast and a small crop, it’s uneditied. It was the amazing mix of colours that struck me.
I knew I had just a few minutes to take the shot before it got too bright and this amazing scene would vanish. Sure enough, after about 10 minutes it was no more.
I posted a similar image to Instagram that didn’t have the silhouetted trees in the frame. It proved very popular so I thought I’d pop this one on the blog and add it to the #MySundayPhoto linky that’s hosted by the amazing Photalife.com blog. If you click on the badge below you’ll be able to visit the linky and see photography from an awesome array of bloggers.
In case you are wondering there was, true to form, rain later in the day. It goes to show there is something in that saying about a red sky in the morning.
37 thoughts on “Red sky in the morning”
It’s beautiful! There have been some fantastic skies lately. I’ve just nipped out to take a photo of one myself and it had already disappeared five minutes later. It was red again, so I’ll be prepared for rain later!
Hope you managed to get a really good shot of that sunrise Sarah.
Hi Darren, what a stunning sight it must have been! And well worth getting up at 5 am for! The sun isn’t rising until almost 7 am here now, I’m already getting up in the dark!
xx
It’s John, but we’ll over look that! And yes, well worth getting up for. Getting up in the dark in the Med hey? Tough life!!
What an amazing array of reds in this sunrise. Beautiful shot ???? #mysundayphoto
Yeah, it was an amazing mix. I can’t decide if I prefer the Instagram shot or this one more.
Stunning view, those colours are amazing. What a sight to be greeted with in the morning
Thank you for linking up
It was indeed an amazing sight to be greeted with. I just had to run for my camera.
From your kitchen window! Do you take in guests! #MySundayPhoto
Ha ha, good question. In return for a fee I guess we could take in guests.
That is a truly spectacular sky & you know how much I love a pretty sky. The colours are stunning.
Yeah, the mix of colours is spectacular isn’t it? I just had to take this shot.
That is am amazing shot. Did the red sky in the morning shepards warning come true though?
#mysundayphoto
Did it come true? Absolutely, it was raining very soon after this shot was taken.
That is a beautiful sky. I hate the dark mornings but it does at least give the possibility of capturing a lovely sunrise! I must try too between the chaos of mornings here.
Well, I only managed to snap this because I was awake before the rest of the family! Otherwise it would have been chaos.
What a gorgeous sky to see in the morning X #mysundayphoto
Yes, it sure was. It took my breath away at first.
What a beautiful sky totallly stunning #mysundayphoto
Thanks Nigel. Yeah, it took my breath away.
Wow, there are so many colours in that! Definitely worth such an early start! 🙂 #sundayphoto
On this occasion, I think it was definitely worth getting out of bed so early.
Such a beautiful sky! The colours are stunning. What a treat x
Thanks Kim, I’d never quite seen a sun rise like it.
Its so beautiful I love this time of year when the sunrises start to get later and I can catch them, they are so beautiful and what a way to start the day x
Yes, it was a superb way to start the day. A very memorable sunrise and glad I captured it with my camera.
What a thing to wake up to, ten minutes isn’t all that bad really.
Yeah, I could basically see the patterns vanishing before my eyes so I had to rush to get this picture before it disappeared.
Shepherds warning. It’s such a beautiful capture, I love red skies and all the strands of highlights in them. I was sort of expecting the northern lights up this end but alas, it was chucking it down ????
I feel your disappointment. Hope you get to see the Northern Lights another time.
Oh dear. Shepherds warning. The weather has been crazy world wide! Love the colours! Great capture x #MySundayPhoto
Thanks, yeah the colours certainly turned my head!
Beautiful sky, don’t you always feel so lucky to have seen and captured such a great red sky. We drove from Spain to Portugal last night and were presented with a equially red sky and yes the shepherds were also happy here!
I think we’ve reached a time of year when there are some very impressive sun rises and sunsets. Sure you see quite a few out on the Iberian peninsular.
That’s what you see from a kitchen window??? Who needs a vacation then. Jealous of you. My kitchen windows barely let me see the sky properly.
Nice click.
Oh that is a stunning sky. One of the few things I like about the nights drawing in again is getting to see the sunrise in the morning. I never get decent sunset views from my house but the sunrises are always good 🙂
Thanks Louise. I see your dilemma: it does all depend on your property’s positioning.