Elemental

"Elemental"

 

I shot this during a gorgeous sunset while on the Carnival Ecstasy somewhere in the Bahamas. Watching a sunset in the middle of the ocean is always special. This is a shot I almost discarded at first. I let it sit there for a few months, untouched, because I couldn't decide if I liked it.

 

The inspiration came to me that this scene is sublime.

 

The way the clouds are almost paint-like, the rain falling down in front of the setting sun almost surreal, and the vivid colors caused by the dance of the sun and the rain nearly unbelievable.

 

Yet, it is elemental - of nature, and of simplicity.

It is pureness.

 

The zoom lens amplifies that which the eye sees differently.

 

I am grateful today for the different perspective I have opened up to, and am happy to share Elemental with you, in hopes that we all honor our connection to everything around us. For, we are all elemental. There is no separation between nature and humankind.

 

October 4, 2015

 

Canon EOS 6D

EF 70-300mm IS USM (w 1.5x TC) @ 300mm

1/500 sec at f / 6.3

ISO 2000

 

Done