The early start

I was out at the beach before daybreak this morning, to see what was happening. This is west coast, but as the sun came up, the western sky had lovely subtle colours. You can see a horse in the background, as this is where lots of horses train on the long unbroken stretch of sand. Thanks @onewing for putting me onto this explanation of the colour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt_of_Venus

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Instant FAV! beautiful pastel tones and great silhouettes

[sally agnew]

A beautiful and serene start to the day, love the gentle colours :)

[Graham Thresher]

Beautiful composition.

[Kim]

Love the soft rainbow colors of the sky.

[PhotoCrazy]

Lovely!!

[Gerasimos Georg.]

beautiful colors!!

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a beautiful scene !

[Carole G]

this is lovely. love the muted colours, and the silhouettes, infact just a lovey photo fullstop!

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful capture :) fav

[julia]

Beautiful .. a bit like my last night sky .. as @onewing said it is called the belt of Venus.. check out her comment on my photo and she shared a link..

[Maggiemae]

The horse is racing too - I would have loved to see the whole scene like you did! fav

[Irene]

Fav Fantastic

[Dianne]

Thanks @onewing - I hope you done't mind, but I've put the link to wikipedia on my site too, so others can see the explanation for the pink band in the sky.

[Rosan]

Beautiful and wonderful silhouettes. Good for you to get up so early to catch such a lovely scene.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful shot

[Judith Johnson]

So beautiful, the colours are so delicate.

[Margo]

very lovely A FAV

[Graeme Stevens]

Excellent shot

[Ali P]

Lovely layers of colour!

[Tony]

Impressive colours, great composition. Fav

[Brett]

What a wonderful capture! Fav!

[Chris K]

such a beautiful scene. How amazing to be racing along the beach on horsback

[Lesley Chisholm]

What lovely colours and a beautiful scene. It looks so peaceful and serene.

[Shari]

This photo has a wow factor! Great foreground, colours, and subject.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

divine colours! love everything about this for a fav

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful! Perfect timing to catch the horse and rider!

[Delia]

Gorgeous

[Peter]

Stunning colour, composition and framing Dianne:)

[Jenfurj]

Stunningly beautiful, calming, soft, fav

[Nick]

Beautiful colours and I love the composition. Fav.

[Nicole]

very pretty love the focus!

[Joyce]

Beautiful Fav

[Nova]

Very beautiful !

[KWind]

So pretty.

[Paula W]

Fabulous shot Dianne, love this.

[Babs]

Fabulous shot, I love everything about it. It is such a peaceful scene and the sky is gorgeous. fav

[Islandgirl]

Gorgeous colors and great timing with the horse in the background!

[Margo]

lovely capture

[Marnie]

Total magic, perfect early morning beach scene. Fav.

[Valerie Chesney]

Simply gorgeous.