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Pensato

            “I finish my wash and take sunset tea in the doorway of my tent, watching the rivers drink the light… Figures dark beneath their loads pass down the far bank of the river, rendered immortal by the streak of sunset upon their shoulders” 
― Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard 

Only, this is not a river but the ocean ‘drinking the light’. Dear friend, if you are not in a rush, come with me. Put away your footwear. Put away your apprehensions. And step on the gentle sand where incoming tides are bristling with child-like innocence and energy. Do you hear, the breaking waves are humming the paradisal hymn? See that big wave rushing in like a glissando going low? Allow it to be silly and play all around your feet. As it recedes, the grounds beneath you shift. Your senses tingle. Matthiessen’s ‘streak of sunset upon (your) shoulders’ shepherds your scattered thoughts, while the southern wind flutters them. In the far sky, time fades. Within this moment –this fierce moment– eternity is no longer an abstract yearning. It bears you.

Taken on: September 5, 2021

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PantherBeach

SantaCruz

CaliforniaCoast

Sunset

Sunset colors

SunsetReflections

Ramen Saha

Desaturation

ManuallyBlendedPanorama « less

Sets appears in: • EXPLORED by Flickr • 2021 – Ten Moments more » • Elements – Aether • Elements – Water « less

Groups appears in: • in explore • EXPLORE (simply the best)

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/10.0, 30 sec, 70mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	30
Focal Length:	70mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Macintosh)
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