Not being a morning person, I rarely capture sunrise pictures. This one was taken in January when sunrise is at a respectable time of the day. It was freezing, and the weir in the White Cart water had frozen. Snow had fallen on top of the ice, and only a tiny amount of running water could be seen. There were also 'ice pancakes' downstream.
Fortunately, there was sufficient cloud to light up at sunrise to give the gorgeous colour and texture to the sky. I managed to approach from the correct direction to avoid having my footprints in the snow.
It was a problematic dynamic range to cope with. I exposed for the sky and brought up the foreground in post-processing.
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