Missing red sky

Yesterday I read an article¹ about Saharan sand reaching Berlin on the wind. This meteorological effect is pretty rare in the north, and I was curious to see how orange-red the sky might get. So I walked to Rummelsburger Bucht, hoping to catch the dawn. Unfortunately, it was too foggy and cloudy. There were some interesting colors for a brief moment, but I wasn’t fast enough to get a good picture. It’s funny how even when nature doesn’t put on the show you expect, the anticipation itself makes you see your surroundings differently. I found myself looking up at the sky more than usual, searching for hints of color that might not have been there at all.

At least I have some redscale film - so I can imagine how it might have looked. Maybe that’s the charm of film photography - sometimes you have to imagine the picture you wanted to take. Redscale film lets me play with those colors in my own way, even if the real sky didn’t cooperate.