Although the first part of our evening visit to Bottle Beach didn’t go too well, photographically speaking, things got much better near the end of our visit. It probably wasn’t a whole hour, but it was definitely golden, and the photographs taken were spectacular — or at least they seemed that way to me.
None of the Marbled Godwits I saw not too long ago in Bodega Bay looked nearly as golden as this Godwit did.
Normally, I try to avoid extremely dark backgrounds, but here it seems to accentuate the gold colors in the Godwit, the Dowitchers,
and the Dunlin.
And the later it got, the more golden the moment became
until it was time to go back to the motel before returning to the beach at the next high tide, 7:00 AM the following morning.
Spectacular indeed, I’d say. Love that beak so arrow-straight into the water in the top shot, the lighting in all of them, then the reflections in the water from the bottom trio, just priceless, thanks, Loren!
Hello Loren,
I have been following your blog for several months. Social media is not my thing in any way, no Facebook etc.
I have to say that your choice of words and photos, absolutely life affirming in every way, have helped me cope with our current world’s live streamed genocide in Gaza; please never stop communicating your precious tidings.
Many myriad thanks!
Although I started this blog as a political blog, it has become my happy place over time.
I’m no less opposed to much of what goes on in this country —and our world — but I now set all of that aside when I come here