Final Light by Simon W Xu

Final Light by Simon W Xu

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simonxuphotography.smugmug.com/ The tide was rising as the sun is setting but not for at least another hour or so. I do not want to leave the tripod as the wave may swept it away. So I ended up standing there forever as the waves after waves pounded the rocks relentlessly’ Submerged in the knee-high water with no place to move, my legs became numb. But just as the sun was about to set into the horizon, some lacelike fine clouds showed up in the warm orange/pink colors. The seagulls were happy. Finally, I got the shot I envisioned as a magnificent wave hitting the rock head-on illuminated by the setting sun on the other end, making a big splash. I am happy but so tired in the end that I felt lucky not slip, fall and being swept way. “I shall return to see the dawn of another day, I shall do battle again and again …”

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