This week’s photo was the result of a bit of a gamble, a hunch, and a little luck. As I was approaching the location I had planned to shoot sunrise last week, I was noticing the weather was worsening and the conditions deteriorating the closer I got. I usually try to at least have a plan B location in mind, if not a plan C as well, just for situations like this when my first choice doesn’t work out. On this morning however, my plan B spot wasn’t looking so great either and with the sunrise quickly approaching, I was at a bit of a loss as to where to go and not sure what to do. As I was driving my way back towards what I though might be a decent plan C option, I quickly realized that I wasn’t going to have time to get there before the light showed up and that I was going to need to find something closer. After hurriedly looking around I decided to take a chance on a spot that I was hoping would give me the view of the nearby peaks I was after. It meant that I would have to hike up along a creek a little ways and hopefully find a clearing in the trees with a view towards the west. This would let me use the creek as a foreground while hopefully catching some nice light and sunrise colour in the sky on the peaks across the valley. I really didn’t know if I’d get it or not but with time running out, this was going to be the only shot I had to catch the sunrise light. I also knew that if this didn’t work out, I’d definitely be out of luck with no time to go anywhere else. Here’s what I ended up with, I’d say the gamble paid off, and I did get just a little lucky too. There were actually several nice shots to be had here of which this is just one. It’s always great to find a new spot, especially one with so much potential as this one. I’ll definitely be returning here to try my luck again soon!