Chasing Light: A Fisherman’s Silhouette at Sunset

A fisherman in a bass boat cuts across calm bayou waters at sunset, silhouetted against a blazing orange sky with cypress trees lining the distant shore.

“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset, and the water caught fire.” — Pamela Hansford Johnson

I was out on the bayou and had my camera up when this guy came through on his bass boat. He was just heading in for the night. I tracked him as he passed and got the shot.

The light was already doing its thing before he showed up — that deep orange reflecting off the water, the cypress trees going dark on the horizon. He just happened to cut right through the middle of it at the right moment.

I’ve been out there evenings when nothing comes together. This one did.

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