Sometimes, with photography, less is more. I took this horizon photo and ran it through a “grainy” software program to give it the feel of a drawing, and it was hauntingly beautiful, as was the original image, which was similar but misty. As the sun begins to come up, it plays with the colors and the light of the water and the sky, I saw the sparkle on the ocean before I saw the sun. A few years ago, it would never have occurred to me to take a photo of a blank horizon – no people, no ships. This morning, I thought it one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen.
20
May
Horizon, Before Dawn
by Jon Katz