With
all the storms hitting the Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast over the past few
weeks, this very old photo seemed apropos for this week's photo. I dug this one
up from files that go back about 13 1/2 years ago when I first began
experimenting with a very simple digital camera. Obviously, the resolution of
the inexpensive little box was very low compared to the high resolution sensors
that have evolved since that time. The reality is this camera didn't even have
an LCD screen on the back. Yes! I was still a 35mm film photographer at the
time.
I
spent the Christmas and New Year holidays pretty much by myself that year. I
drove down to the Outer Banks of North Carolina with a predetermined amount of
cash in my pocket to use for renting a property of some kind on the beach. When
I hit the Outer Banks I drove from real estate office to real estate office,
told them how much I was willing to spend for a two week rental of some kind of
one or two bedroom property (cottage or condo) on the beach. The amount I was
determined to spend was small. I knew this was completely out of season, so I
wasn't going to offer big dollars.
The
first five real estate offices turned me down without even looking to see if
they had anything that might be available. I guess they and their rental
property owners had enough money already. But, the sixth realtor was
"hungry" and asked me to go grab some lunch and come back, they
believed they had something. I did and they did. I ended up with a one bedroom
condo with an ocean view. It suited my needs and my price and I was a happy
camper.
Toward
the end of the two weeks a Nor'easter blew through. This photo was one of
several I took during and immediately after the storm. I was in awe of the
change in the landscape over a 24 hour period as a result of that storm. It was
very easy for me to understand the damage to the New Jersey shore (one of the
stomping grounds of my youth) caused by Hurricane Sandy a few years back since
this storm was tiny in comparison. Nature is ever awesome whether the beauty of
the deserts, mountains, canyons, forests, lakes, rivers and oceans or
experiencing its mighty force in any manner.
There's
an old saying, "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature." Whoever
said that . . . was ever so correct.
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