Second try: I originally had this photo re-sized by by G+ in a way that completely ruined the detail in the image. Sorry, everyone who had already added a +1, commented, or shared.

With just about twenty-five minutes at this location before I had to hurry back to the house (details below), the timing couldn't have been more perfect! It was also fortunate that I was able to find some freshly formed (not marked by tracks) ice between these bergs. Have a great weekend!

This is how the morning went: I woke up to my alarm at six, but went back to sleep. I woke up again just before seven and read a "parenting devotion" and a chapter of Proverbs before pulling open the blinds and looking outside. There was no color yet, but I could see the slightest promise in the sky, so I threw on some warm gear and headed for the door. Around seven fifteen, I told my wife I'd be home by eight, when she was supposed to be meeting a friend, but she said she needed fifteen minutes to run there. I said I'd be back by seven forty-five (official sunrise time) and walked out the door. There still wasn't much going on with the light when I parked the car by the lake. I told myself I was just scouting the condition of the lake ice, but there was a hint of color building. At about seven forty, I recorded the exposures I blended for this image, and started packing up, enjoying the rest of a sweet sunrise on my way back to the car. I pulled back into my driveway a few seconds after seven fifty..."Sorry I'm late."...a little bit sorry.