Barge Canal, Herkimer, NY

Although the thermometer was reading zero degrees I had a thought for a sunrise image that I wanted to capture.  Checking the weather and the Photographer's Ephemeris, I felt today was a good day to try.  There is a area along the barge canal in Herkimer, NY that has been developed and includes the Waterfront Grille.  Looking at Google Maps earlier in the week had me thinking I would be able to get next to the canal, have the restaurant and the sunrise over the water in the same view.  I got lucky with the open water still in the canal as well as the great chunks of broken ice along the edge.  Normally, on my sunset images I have the sun in the scene but for some reason I love the colors in the hour before sunrise and never stick around to capture the actual sun...  LOL