I love sunsets…..sunrises too but am too lazy to get up that early. Besides,looking to the east here is poor. Too many trees and hills blocking sunrise! Plus the only body of water one could go for a sunrise is Kennedy lake and thats too far away.
I like shooting Chestermans beach (Chesty) at sunset. I found out over the years what works and what doesn’t.
I need the right clouds,tide,lots of rain. The clouds need to be Goldi Loks…not too many (overcast) and not too few. The tide needs to be low around sunset,that way more beach is exposed. It needs to of rained for several days (easy in Tofino) and than break! The rain leaks out onto the beach creating a huge mirror!
Than If your lucky a few surfers will walk past. I do like a subject but in this scenario they are always like chickens teeth.
Oh and the God rays are icing!
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