The tranquil blue ocean
The smell of salt
The island breeze rustling
tall palms
It all feels like home.
Photography
The sun’s after glow paints the ocean and beach with golden hues at the conclusion of a fun day in Nassau, Bahamas.
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At the close of day, the sun looks back and casts a golden glow over the past and promises a golden future to those whose hope dares pierce the dark hours of the coming night. – R. Steven Norman, III
Every rushing, pounding wave touches the shore for a moment
and then turns to suds and slips back out to sea.
Every eager young generation races to supplant the preceding generation,
only to be overcome by the relentless pull of time into the bosom of eternity.
Melbourne Beach, FL
2016
Gleaming power lines suggest the light that they carry to brighten our bedrooms, power our kitchen appliances, and keep our wi-fi on.
Annistown Road
Centerville, GA
The beauty of the sunset is often blinding, so I have developed the habit of looking away from the sunset to see the splashes of gold, peach, and orange hues the sun casts over everything as it bids farewell and rushes on to brighten someone else’s life. From Kerry Park, Seattle, Washington.
Evening lights shimmer on the Congaree River as it flows past the Gervais Street Bridge in Columbia, South Carolina.
Shot from Three Rivers Greenway.
After I finished shooting the Seattle skyline through the golden and blue hours, I was on my way to my car when I saw a monument with large circular holes in each side. There should be a picture here somewhere I thought. Then I saw this image and captured it.
From Kerry Park, 2016
Leaning trees and ferns in Seward Park in Seattle, Washington.
At night the Dubai Creek is transformed into a kaleidoscope of color created by the lights and reflections. Many people come out at night for dinner cruises or to just take a relaxing walk along the creek after surviving the sultry daytime heat.
Dubai 2013
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