The sun hadn’t even risen yet when it started raining. Last week in Blarney.

The sunrise this morning was lovely. Fog flowed over the distant horizon, and while it enveloped the area for a while blue skies were soon visible and the day has been glorious.

Blarney, Co Cork. February 2018.

Blarney, Co Cork. February 2018.

Sunrise this morning was a glorious mix of yellows, tinged with red and clouds.

Sunrise this morning over Blarney. This is a view I could not capture until a few weeks ago when the council cut down the fir trees behind my home after Hurricane Ophelia struck the country and a politician visited to inspect the work going on to clear the roads.

Distant mountains in the sunrise over Whistler. September 2017.

Whistler, north of Vancouver in Canada, is bordered by mountains making it hard to get a decent sunrise or sunset photo but sometimes the mixture of high and medium high cloud comes together to create amazing colours in the morning sky as the sun rises, unseen by those on the ground. Whistler, Canada. September 2017.

The rising sun shines on the mountains around Whistler. September 2017.

Lost Lake, Whistler. August 2017.

There aren’t many sunrise photos around Whistler, probably because the town is built between two mountains, east and west, blocking the light of the new sun on the horizon. This is sort of near Whistler, on the far side of Alta Lake, with a 300mm lens pointing roughly north where the glow of the rising…

Blarney, Cork. December 2016.