No Way Back

First rule of seascapes: no matter how many back-to-back blistering sunsets you had, the day you show up, the odds will be against you.

Second rule of seascapes: always watch your back. I forgot that rule and was so focused on what was ahead of me that I didn’t realize that the tide had crept up behind me. Had to make my retreat in waist deep water, camera and tripod in hand. Couldn’t see where I walking. Ten more minutes and I’d have had to swim for it. Camera and tripod? Arrivederci.

I was still able to make something out of it. But just imagine what this shot would look like with the sky on fire …