Sunrise Takes a Dramatic Turn
The San Juan Islands tucked between Anacortes, Washington and Victoria, B.C., Canada, are comprised of 172 named islands and reefs. I have visited Friday Harbor (the county seat, located on San Juan Island) twice. And each time, I spent sunrise on the southeastern tip of the island at Cattle Point.
There is a navigation light on Cattle Point that has epic views of the Olympic Mountains across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the southwest. On this morning, however, the heavy cloud cover prevented viewing those peaks, so I scrambled around the shoreline in search of other interesting scenes.
Looking to the north, up the San Juan Channel, from the water's edge, the light playing off the clouds in the sky as well as the orange seaweed on the rocks, created interesting contrasts with the deep blue water. The mountains of Orcas Island in the distance close the gap between water and sky, giving the illusion that this image captures a harbor, vice three of the seperate large islands.
I look forward to an opportunity to visit the San Juans again soon.
Sunrise Takes a Dramatic Turn
The San Juan Islands tucked between Anacortes, Washington and Victoria, B.C., Canada, are comprised of 172 named islands and reefs. I have visited Friday Harbor (the county seat, located on San Juan Island) twice. And each time, I spent sunrise on the southeastern tip of the island at Cattle Point.
There is a navigation light on Cattle Point that has epic views of the Olympic Mountains across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the southwest. On this morning, however, the heavy cloud cover prevented viewing those peaks, so I scrambled around the shoreline in search of other interesting scenes.
Looking to the north, up the San Juan Channel, from the water's edge, the light playing off the clouds in the sky as well as the orange seaweed on the rocks, created interesting contrasts with the deep blue water. The mountains of Orcas Island in the distance close the gap between water and sky, giving the illusion that this image captures a harbor, vice three of the seperate large islands.
I look forward to an opportunity to visit the San Juans again soon.