The years of waves and tides has removed the sand and soil from the roots of this tree. The exposed roots have grown thick with bark as a result of them being exposed to the elements. The struggle between the tree and the ocean is never ending, but the tree stays ahead of the curve, just barely.
Another intense sunset following a storm system.
I had noticed this reef ledge from one of our first visits to this area during a low tide. As I watched the incoming waves crash over it, I visualized the potential drama the reef ledge could provide. However, even during low tide, the ocean was still too dangerous and powerful to take a chance, or provide the conditions of what I had envisioned. It wasn't until a particularly extreme low tide, that the conditions were just barely safe enough to get in the ocean and compose a frame without losing my equipment.
