January Sunrise shows three images from a series captured on the River Crouch in Essex on January 6th 2022. The Crouch is a tidal river that runs from the North Sea at Burnham on Crouch to Battlesbridge. The first image shows that a flock of birds has been disturbed in the distance. The birds are silhouetted against the orange sky in addition to the walkers. The sun continues upwards and now clears the hill to show the whole globe. Next we move the focal length back. The sun becomes diffused in the clouds and it also reflects in the mudflats of the creek. Its low tide and its possible to see the extent of the river as a shallow bowl carved out of the land by the water.

The final image shows fields that lie between the inlet that is Clements Green fen and the River Crouch 400 yards behind it. The mist has also congregated in lines across the landscape here. The fields are low lying land and additionally have water on both sides of them. The image has long fingers of mist across it. The sun gives the mist in both of these images a lovely yellow tint. January sunrise over the Crouch was well worth getting up early for. Click this link to see more of this series of images on the Compass Photography website