This photo was a result from a major rookie mistake! What had happened wassss...
This is Inspiration Point on Anacapa Island. With Anacapa being located in Channel Islands National Park twelve miles off the coast of Oxnard California, I had to make sure I did not forget a single thing. I did major pre-night cleaning, setting up, and putting everything away. I checked... I double checked... I triple checked... repeat... I'm ready.
Spent an hour on the boat with the foggy visibility becoming clearer by the minute. I unpacked everything at the campsite half a mile away from the boat dock, took a nap as I did not get much sleep the night before, and waited for sunset to come.
I was so excited for the golden hour! I hiked my way up to Inspiration Point for the first time to find a gorgeous scene of the Anacapa islands layering over each other, with the silhouette of each body of land getting lighter the further you look. The biggest island so faint, you can barely see it.
*Snap. Snap. Dance. Snap. Snap. Dance.*
That's basically how it went but I was by myself. Why not? The joy overfilled me that I just had to let it flow. It definitely tired me out though so it was that time to pack up and head back to camp.
The next morning, I woke myself up on such a terrible thought. The thought that after all the equipment cleaning, I forgot to put in my memo... Oh no......
I did just that. No memory card. No sunset photos. Safe to say was doing a whole other kind of dance that morning. Luckily though, I brought my back up camera. Yes, memory card inserted. I checked.... I double checked... I triple checked........