Taken from Crescent Beach at about 6 AM. The sun is up so early at this time of year! See the tiny black spots up in the cloud? Those are little birds whizzing by.
I’ve been on a quest to find the perfect light in the morning. There is simple pure light when the sun is rising on a clear day but the best thing is when there is fog. I wanted to see the fog burning off and the light coming through. I wanted to be on the water already when the sun was rising, so I aimed for getting up at 4:30. When the morning came however, I talked myself out of it. So I didn’t make it down to the beach at 5, but at 6. The sun had already risen and if there had been fog on the water it had already burned off. So I got this shot up above, very nice, but I was disappointed in myself for not getting down just a little bit sooner.
I saw that fog was still blowing in from the west so I went to that side of the island. Here are shots of the green and the mist, and especially in this shot, you can see the misty “Ireland” side of the island.
This is in the southwest part of the island, looking toward Rodman's Hollow.
This was taken in Rodman's Hollow. Do you see that bright edge by the farthest bluffs? That’s looking north… that’s where I was when I took the first picture. You can see it’s bright over there.
I did get out the next day, early like I wanted, and I got all the fog I could possibly use.
This is Mansion Beach, looking south into the fog.
There was just one woman walking on the beach. Cool and misty and wonderful at this time of day.
The sun began to show itself. I was hoping the light would break through and it did.
Here is the sun, just breaking through. See the lace in the water?
And here it is a little later... the sun was soft on the water.
The sun only lasted for a minute and then the fog socked in again. I waited, hoping for another chance with this beautiful light. I waited through fleas that woke up and bit me for about half an hour, disappearing as suddenly as they came. I went in for a swim but abandoned that plan when I felt the strength of the current around my legs. (I have learned to be careful. Mansion Beach is a wonderful place to take pictures and a wonderful place to swim, but the tide makes a current that runs north along this shoreline. When it hits the point that you see in the distance in this picture, it curves out into the ocean. If you can feel the current running against your legs, you do not want to be in this water, believe me.)
So I left and went farther south to the Town Beach for my swim with the dogs. I continued to look toward Mansion however, telling myself to let go because I already had my good pictures. But I think if the fog had begun to lift, I would have run right back again.
The fog thickened and deepened. It was like that all day. There is a hurricane coming up the coast… you already know that… Hurricane Arthur… we’ll get the edge of it tonight. So the weather has turned wet, starting with fog all day yesterday and rain on and off today. Then it will rain all night and possibly clear by morning.
Tomorrow will be beautiful. There might be big waves… we’ll see. Even after the waves have calmed you can still feel the agitation in the water. It’s like the water remembers for a little while. (There will certainly be strong currents.)
We’ve had the most perfect weather up until now. It was good to have this day for resting. After our morning walk and pictures, the dogs have been sleeping all day. I’ve been working on the blog. It’s good to feel the plants are finally getting all the rain they need.