Watching the sun come up

Linda and I got up early to see the sun rise over the ocean. When we first went out, there was very little light in the sky. I turned back from the ocean to get the shot of the moon over a couple of homes. As we waited, a rich red worked its way up the sky. The tide was coming in too so the beach before me kept shrinking as the waves rolled a little close. Before long, the waves had reached far enough to fill a small hollow in the beach. The sky was picking up more blue and, in the image at the lower left, made for a nice reflection as Linda walked down the shore, looking for shells as the surf washed over her feet.
Before long, the sun was over the horizon and I thought my photo opportunities were pretty well past. When we got back up to our room, the walkway outside had a palm tree positioned just so it would be well framed in a shot. After a shot or two, a flock of sea gulls came in to eat bread some people were tossing out for them from a room below. When the gulls left, it made for this image.