After tropical depression Felicia rolled through, the sun came out and I observed rapid and dramatic cloud movements throughout the day.
I’ve learned through years of shooting landscapes that you get some of the best stuff after storms, so I decided to set up at Keawakapu Beach in hopes that nature would display some of its magic and turn the clouds into palettes of bright colors.
I saw the sun disappear behind a huge dark cloud near the horizon and my heart sank, but I stayed in hopes that it might drop out of the bottom and at least give me a quick flare before disappearing behind the planet.
No such luck. I saw the fringes of an elaborate display of intense fiery colors behind the dark cloud, then it just fizzled out. I would have given anything to be behind the cloud during the brief show. I fired off a few shots, picked up my tripod and left. You win some, you lose some.
I downloaded the shots, picked one and posted it on my Facebook page to share with my friends with the caption, “What a Maui sunset looks like when it doesn’t cooperate…”
The resulting comment thread surprised me. What was a throwaway shot to me turned out to be moving to my friends, illustrating once again that you can fall into a rut sometimes with your expectations and forget what your work looks like to others.
What do you think?
