Last Horizon

There’s an epic quality in witnessing a sunset. I’ve thought of them as the final great crescendo the day provides us no matter what the struggles and failings we may have experienced in the hours before.

If only we’d stop and take the time to pay attention and recognize.

I took this photo in the Gulf of Thailand during my trip to Southeast Asia in Spring of 2007. The only thing more spectacular than this was the starry night that followed it.

I used the following equipment to make the exposure:

• Canon EOS 30D
  
• Canon 17-40mm L-series lens

Amazingly, I forgot both my tripod and shutter switch and instead jerry rigged my camera’s timer to go off and placed it in a secure spot on a grounded boat to avoid camera shake.

July 9th, 2007 in Photography |