In Praise of Patience

All things come to those who wait.  -- Proverb

This morning’s sky didn’t seem too promising:  two bands of low clouds, the lower blocking where the sun would be on the horizon.  Lots of blue-gray; no chance for color.

                                                6:32am

When the sky is boring, I look for other things to shoot, such as light on the water:

                                                 6:37am

or ice along the edge of the water:

                                                 7:01am

And if I’m really bored, I’ll toss small rocks into the water and shoot the interplay of light and ripples:

                                                7:06am

In the meantime, as you can see from the image above, a few small clouds had begun to appear higher in the sky:

                                                7:03am

Eventually, 12 minutes after official sunrise, the sun rose high enough to light up the gap between the two bands of clouds:

                                                7:07am

And then, suddenly, when the sun shone through the gap between the two bands, the whole scene came together dramatically.

                                             7:12am

Patience.