I picked Number Two Son up from work this morning. At 6.30 it was still dark. In fact at 7.00 it was still dark. A few weeks ago I witnessed a fine sunrise at this time and a month before that it was full daylight.
The year is clearly declining.
However, by the time he got to the car at 7.10 the sunrise was starting and after we’d driven a couple of miles it was forming a great backdrop to pictures of trees and electricity pylons as they rose from the early morning mist.
On the other side of the road a power station rose, massive and mysterious, from more mist. The mist of the Trent Valley is one of the under-rated sights of Britain.
I had my camera with me, but there was nowhere to stop.
This is a shame as I can’t share the glorious morning with you.
But it’s also a good thing, as these photographs rarely look as good as the real thing. I have, several times, cheapened my memories with photographs that don’t reflect the true beauty of the scene.
It’s very tempting to add a haiku to this and claim it as poetry. In the next post I will explain why I didn’t.
Not only is it hard to take photographs the way one sees the color, it’s even hard just using words…totally relatable!
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We have no photo but we do have your lovely description. I enjoyed the alliteration.
Thank you. 🙂
Lay-bys should provided solely for photographers’ use on every major road.
Absolutely agree!
Yes, photos sometimes fail to capture the beauty of the morning.