Cameron (the West Highland Terrier) led me on an interesting explore just before sunset.
Lovely light.
Out of the Office
Salt Spring Photos is taking a short holiday*. We’ll be frequenting locations without Wi-Fi, electricity and other good stuff.
Until we’re back and making daily postings, feel free to browse the 1400+ photos of the day on this current version of the website.
*In this photo we’re parked beside a huge Sitka Spruce for the night and listening to the Pacific surf.
Sunset Stream
Oceanside sculpture in the day’s last light.
Two Sided View
One of Salt Spring Island’s Two-Sided Views
Lots of places have a two-sided view; we’ve seen them before in the last six years of Salt Spring Photos.
It’s easy to get ‘focused’ on what is directly in front of you. But it’s always important to take a look behind as well; in this case a couple fishing on the dock, away from the sunset, and with a fabulous pastel sky to the east.
And, while musing, I might as well add the following:
Sunrise views are often better before the sun actually rises. And sunsets are often better after the sun sets. Yet most people, arrive for the actual sunrise and most people tend to leave immediately after the sun sets.
The sky at sunset this day was mostly grey. A few people who came to the pier to view the sunset and take a few photos left disappointed the minute the sun set. They saw neither the beautiful west sky nor the beautiful east sky.
Evening on Salt Spring Island
A delightful Saturday sunset as seen from Fernwood Pier on the north end of Salt Spring Island
This is a great place to get a reprieve from the unusual late day heat, particularly with a north-west breeze.
Inland on the west-facing rock the thermometer read 31 degrees. But it was goose-bump/chicken-skin weather watching the sunset.