This photo really doesn't do the scene justice. I took this picture on the Newport Beach pier. I was struck by how the ocean just looked like this vast ink well. It was so deep and dark - an endless sheet of rippling black broken by the shine of the moonlight. In movement the moonlight looked like electricity or a thousand tiny silver-white fish being born, flying, and dying. The moon was a spotlight, creating a swathe of drifting, playful light - almost like a migration. In the immediate foreground the water looked glossy, but in the distance, it seemed completely matte. The water untouched by the light seemed like sinewy tendrils of magma. It's incredible how light can change the texture and make something seem so alive.
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