A glimmer is all it was, the sun is rising way over to the right, just managed to find a gap to shine through and light up the thin clouds over the seaward Kaikoura ranges, this only lasted a few mins, then that ominous dark cloud opened and poured for hours.

Shot in the north bay near Fyffes House Kaikoura.

Shot on a Nikon D700 with 17-35mm lens, with Cokin ND8 grad filter. photomatrix and photoshop.