Autumn Sunrise

[mrs fish]

I thought I'd share this lovely sunrise we had earlier this week

[John]

That's a real cracker of a shot and well captured.

John

[Wild-Woman]

Yes. That's a lovely capture. Is that what's known as a mackrel sky?

[aeshna5]

Atmospheric photo, Mrs Fish! Did it rain later that day? Red sky in the morning, etc- I know we had similar looking sky here one day last week + it was stunning + rain did follow later.

[speckled wood]

Nice! posted my comments on the Gallery.

[mrs fish]

I can't remember if it rained that day or not.
Yes mackerel sky, I knew it was something to do with fish and kept thinking herring sky which didn't seem right

[Ollie]

Lovely shot Mrs Fish. We always used to say as children, Red sky at night shepherds delight, Red sky at dawn shepherds forlorn.
Roger

[Garden Carpet]

Originally Posted by Ollie

Lovely shot Mrs Fish. We always used to say as children, Red sky at night shepherds delight, Red sky at dawn shepherds forlorn.
Roger

Thats interesting Ollie, I wonder how many versions of that saying there are.. We always said.. Red sky at night shepards delight, Red sky at morning shephards warning.
jaki

[nightshade]

Nice image,I miss the early sun at this time of year.Red sun ,more pollution would probably be the order of the day now

[Paul mabbott]

Lovely picture - I'm not really a morning person (at least never awake enough to do photography) but I do enjoy the variety of sunsets. Tonight's was pretty evil here - a vortex of black cloud coming up from the SW with spreading yellowish clouds around. Whatever the old sayings, I don't think we're going to have a sunny day tomorrow!

Are the clouds in this picture a 'mackerel sky'? I've heard the term but never known quite what it means.