Seeing 2011 (#181)

For your consideration: an effervescent sea, seen via a lengthy thirty-two second exposure taken under high clouds which played hide-and-seek (tide-and-seek?) with the full Moon . . . which never quite managed to break through.

Never mind: after two full hours in communion with the oceanic atmosphere (in virtually perfect conditions) my eyes had adjusted to the degree that all seemed awash in the dim glow of an embryonic dawn. Thundering waves, deliciously crisp, sparklingly fresh air and barely a wisp of a breeze wrapped my sorely needed solitary time with my spirit in a profound sense of comfort and deep pleasure.

Truly, it in such moments as these that I feel unfathomably alive, free and at peace.

Pigeon Point Rocks, 3:36 a.m., #4359-7D

© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

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Details: December 11, 2011; Canon 7D; f/6.3 @ 32 secs; ±0 EV; ISO 400;
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 @ 11mm

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