Can’t resist a sunset

Perhaps for some sunset photos are a bit trite or cliché but I still can’t resist when a good one presents itself.

Both photos were made along the East bank of the Cape Fear River, Wilmington, NC. In the first, I wanted a shot to include both the passing truck on the bridge as well as the small tour boat. In the second the swirling tidal current patterns in the water at the bottom of the photo drew my eye. These features were secondary players to the sunset itself but contributors to the whole.

Sometimes in our lives we seem to play small parts but we need remember we are perhaps contributors to something larger.

In a previous post a comment was made about what an interesting name “Cape Fear” was and where it originate. It would seem the name probably originated due to the treacherous, hidden shoals, coupled with frisky and capricious winds, tides and currents causing many ship wrecks/accidents along these waterways. After all, the coast of North Carolina has a history of being a nightmare for sailing ships and their captains with the Outer Banks of North Carolina being called the “Graveyard of the Atlantic” so it’s not a far stretch of the imagination this dangerous shipping area would be call “Cape Fear.”

I hope everyone has a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend here in the U.S. and that they spare a moment for remembrance.