Flecks

Those black dots aren't grain or birds or dust on my lens, it was snow falling. When I first arrived it was a little misty in the distance with a whitish grey sky and blowing, unfortunately, directly towards me. But a short while later, only a few flecks remained and the sun struggled to make an appearance.

Of course I under exposed so as not to blow out the sun. It was quite late now and the clouds had darkened considerably. I can't swear it was quite as dark as in the image, but call it artistic license.