The particular morning I photographed this photo I had no idea what would greet me when I arrived at my destination. I had decided to go to a beach which I had never seen before and hope that I could find something of interest. After arriving at the beach and walking a little way down it to see what there was, I was a bit disappointed. It was basically a pretty boring beach. I found this neat square-like area of grass with a few waves of sand that I used as foreground interest to make sure the morning wasn't totally wasted. Rule number 1 in sunrise landscape photography is 'scout your location first' as you never know what the morning will bring....

Canon 5D Mark II
17-40 @ 21mm
ISO100 f/9 30sec