Week 3- Gradient

This picture is from a trip I took to San Francisco right before school started. We went to Natural Bridges State Beach right at sunset just to see the sights and enjoy the beach while the sun just started to go down. I loved this picture because of all of the gradient in color. The placement of the sun in the sky caused the horizon to be almost white which contrasted to the bright blue of the sky above. It was a contrast to the deep blue of the ocean as well, and the many different shades of blue just makes me want to take a deep breath of sea air. I was also intrigued by the shadows cast into the bridge and the gradient it gave to the rock, similar to the sky. Normally I might just look at this and think it is a nice picture of a beach, but when you look to find more detail you see that it is the light in the picture that really makes it special
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