The Contrast

There wasn't a lot of finesse about getting there. Basically it involved pedalling up hill for several kilometres on end. I suppose I could claim that finesse abounds in my pedalling technique if I wanted to be self-indulgent, but it was never going to be a huge part of that equation. It certainly doesn't compare with the finesse required to obtain the picture. Shooting into the sun isn't always easy, nor was picking the position for that shot. It's a matter of combining a series of elements -- finesse, positioning, timing and so on. In short, the skill to end up with this is everything that the effort to pedal up the mountain isn't. Combine the two, however, and the results speak for themselves.
Now if I could just learn to do sunrises too...