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Point Isabel Sunset

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Marvin Soriano

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Fiery sunset over the bay, taken from Pt Isabel dog park Marvin Soriano MSoriano Photography

Isabel Sings the Blues

Point Isabel Sunset We will discover how the same space where we stand can give different views, provide different perspectives, evoke different emotions--how while everything stays the same, everything changes. If, we are willing to truly "see". Wait a little bit, or wait a while. Take a step back, or a little to the right. Then what we think is true, no longer is, and what we think is not there, has been there all along. Like so many of my photos, this is from Point Isabel, with Angel Island, Mt Tamalpais, and Sausalito in the distance. All of them are so similar, and yet so different. I've seen this place celebrate in orange, sometimes screaming in red. And this time, Isabel sings the blues.

Sun Pillar

Sunset taken from Point Isabel Dog Park, with Angel Island and the Golden Gate bridge on the horizon.

Watch. Wait. Wonder.

Point Isabel Sunset The clouds hung low, shaped and separated by the soft breeze, forming undulations like sand on a seashore. The bay waters, quiet, calm and glassy, receded enough to reveal the rocky edges of the cove. I stood frozen on the edge--breathing, watching, waiting. Waiting for what, I was not sure. Magic, maybe. The perfect image, as if there even is such a thing. Watching the sun touch the waves, making them shimmer like flecks of gold, I press the shutter. I then breathe, watch, I wait. With daylight fading, painting the rough shores an even deeper gold, I slowly shifted from waiting, to just breathing, and gazing in wonder. Almost mindlessly I press the shutter. And so willingly, I let myself get lost in what is in front of me.

Sunset Vortex

Silhouette of Angel Island during sunset, as seen from Point Isabel Dog Park. The Golden Gate bridge is on the left. Marvin Soriano (MSoriano Photography)

Ominous Angel

Silhouette of Angel Island during sunset, as seen from Point Isabel Dog Park. Marvin Soriano

Point Isabel Dog Park Sunset

Sunset as seen from Point Isabel Dog Park, with the Golden Gate bridge and Angel Island. by Marvin Soriano (MSoriano Photography)

Center Beam

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Colors of Isabel

A vibrant sunset at the Point Isabel park.

Monterey Sunrise

Sunrise near Asilomar beach

Stormy Monterey

Sunset in Monterey

There Are Days

Monterey Sunset

Be Still and Know

Sometimes, we just need to.

The State of Being Golden

The water was relatively calm; the air was cool, and the breeze gentle. Whatever bit of disappointment crept up in me as the clouds thinned out was replaced with a sense of awe, when the sun dipped lower. And gave off this golden glow.