Most of us have been part of a special unique sunset or sunrise that is the standard bearer against all other sunsets/sunrises. You could have been in a distance place, it could have signaled a coming of age all nighter with some friends, it could have been a moment of romance, love or music, maybe it was just a solitude moment when all things in your life just clicked together.
Whatever it was, we all connect to the sun (red-hot) and sky (blue-cool), John Paul Capanigro, speaks of these colors universality and commonality of meaning, the only two colors that worldwide and thru the ages which have maintained their meanings and symbology in all cultures and tribes.
Last weekend, isolated,with the ocean in front of me, sitting on a patch of sand, which was part of a peninsula of several thousand acres, with wildlife awakening, but their movements muted, this perfect orb of orange moved up from the horizon and broke through from the other side of the world and floated upward.
The sky was a neutral grey leading up to the movement in the heavens. As the sun appeared everything turned crimson orange, you could almost look direct at the sun due to the filter of grey sky in front of it.
I waited, set my exposure and watched for the sun beams to reflect and dance across the bay to my position. I thought of the rule of thirds, set my focus and gently rolled my finger across the shutter.
I had witnessed the Sun and I believe he had witnessed me.
D3s, 200 f2G Vii, TC20 III, 400mm f5.6, 1/1500 sec
