Practice, practice but also have fun. While some folks love to go bravely out into the early morning frigid temperatures to watch the stars wheel & blaze above the mountains I already do plenty of early up and out for work so, nah. Back to the light lab table and the shiny toys! Here's one that held me up for a minute this morning.
Macro lens on shallow aperture to lose the background details. Pretty colors bounce around the blank glass prism and make it new every minute as the sun moves...