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A rocky foreshore at sunrise, a small tree-topped rock islet standing just offshore, sailboats moored on calm water, the low volcanic profile of Rangitoto Island on the horizon and the sky streaked pink, orange and blue over wet boulders in the foreground.

The Islet, First Light

Auckland, New Zealand · March 2020

1D X Mark II, 24 millimetres, f 22, 19 seconds, ISO 100

Rangitoto on the horizon, doing what it always does.

Sunrise over the gulf, with Rangitoto keeping its usual low profile on the horizon and a tree-topped rock in the foreground doing the work of a lighthouse. A long exposure to settle the water and let the cloud streak; the boulders in the foreground were wet enough to take the colour of the sky. Three or four boats at anchor, and nobody up yet.