Seeing 2011 (#184)

For your consideration: heaving seas aglow under the diffuse illumination of an obscured full moon. The relatively piercing light escaping the sleeping structure emits a wholly insufficient hint of what is sheltered within: the now removed Fresnel of the unseen, watchful pillar of the nearby lighthouse.

Despite the ominous atmosphere conveyed by this image, being utterly alone with the ocean's undulations, mild breeze and limitless sense of space was at once exhilarating and deeply soothing, an experience to which I ought submit myself much more frequently than I do. It refreshes my soul.

Pigeon Point, Museum Lights, 3:20 a.m., #4353-7D

© 2011 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.

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Details: December 12, 2011; Canon 7D; f/6.3 @ 32 sec; ±0 EV; ISO 400;
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 @ 11mm

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