With The Grace of the Sea

Happy New Year – dan

It was the middle of the night when I popped my head out the hatch for a quick anchor check. What I saw took my breath away; the turquoise water surrounding the boat was glowing with a light that seemed to emanate from the water itself. It was a wondrous sight to be sure as it caused me to wonder what was responsible for such a phenomena. I looked up to the heavens to for my answer. It was the silver light of the full moon that was causing the water to emit the ghostly pale-turquoise glow. The bright night sky was dramatically accented with the shapes of high clouds and the only stars visible were those sitting on top of the dozens of sailboats mast that were anchored around us. Because it was such truly magical sight and because such sights shared, are then doubled, I called to Susan to “come up see”. In an instant her head joined mine protruding from the hatch, gazing at the wonder that surrounded us.

I was moved to photograph the astonishing midnight landscape but knew that the necessary long exposure from our bobbing sailboat would never come close to capturing the marvelous sight we were seeing. I thought; perhaps I could portray it with words instead and perhaps even an illustration…