Desolation

As part of my vacation I spent an evening waiting for the sun to go

down on a bluff near Fort Casey, on Whidbey Island, WA. While I was

sitting there, I started to notice a tiny spec, that even at full

magnification looked almost like a buoy. As the sun went down, the

spec resolved into a beautifully rigged sailboat, probably out

enjoying the sunset, as I was. This was the best of a sequence of

photos I took.

Constructive comments/criticism welcome.

Nice feeling of muted colors; the blue almost flourescing. Composition in the classic thirds. Maybe he considered options of placement of boat in frame. A beautiful photo for framing.

Allow me, dear friend Garry, to comment this with the only words I can find, taken from "The rhyme of the ancient mariner" by Coleridge:

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Alone, alone, all, all alone,

Alone on a wide wide sea!

And never a saint took pity on

My soul in agony.

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Thank you so much for sharing this with us!

You're very welcome, Gary!

And just in case you didn't find the whole poem and would like to have it:

http://www.wonko.info/albatross/default.htm

It's huge (almost an epos) but simply great!

And I thank you again for capturing the mariner's rhyme so impressively!

Nick

this is a great landscape.  i love the colors and the minimalist aspect to it.  great job!

Thanks Bob, this is one of my favorites.