USCB Shore Birds
Different types of light can make all the difference in the world how we see the world through the camera. The golden hour, just before sunset and just after sun rise are generally considered the best times of day to photograph. But once the sun goes down don’t but your camera away. There are better things to come if you know where to look. The afterglow or twilight can bring a whole new damnation to your photography.
Here Sand Pipers on the wet sand come alive as darting silhouettes. The sand and the sea pick up the reflected light of the sky shortly after sunset to display colors not seen during the rest of the day. The water brings out the texture and patterns in the sand. There is something magic about these few minutes of afterglow.
The photo-artist may wish to consider the stone in the lower right hand corner. The highlight draws our attention away from the subject the shore birds. This could be toned down and still get the idea of a reflection. The sea and the sand are interesting but if the photographer were too crop the image into a long horizontal we may be more intimate with the birds.
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