The Magical Sunrise Over Sydney

I rose very early this morning to go on my morning walk and as I reached the headlands just past the lighthouse of Christison Park in Vaucluse I found myself glimpsing something so breathtaking that I prayed that the camera might capture some of it's beauty. There are so few times when the camera delivers a good portion of what the naked eye sees but here, in this shot, I feel it was the best a mobile phone could do. 

I had always wondered what kind of skies the impressionists must have sat under to paint the way they did. Now I have seen it with my own eye I can see that all we ever really do is try to imitate mother earth or mother nature. The same goes for those of us that attempt to recreate beauty in textiles. We'll never get near the beauty of nature, but it's inspiration for us and hopefully it filters through from time to time in whatever we put our hand to.

Sydney sunrise 24.3.2015 - Photo taken by N Atgemis, Vaucluse Headlands, Sydney, Australia