End of another Summer’s day off the Oregon Coast. The fog rises over the ocean as the sun sets, painting the scene in a warm, orange glow. Still visible, fishing boats arrive at the South Jetty of the Columbia river while a flock of Pelicans provide aerial escort. A dreamy, mesmerizing scene.

The knee-jerk response among photographers when, at the end of the day, they discover an image that isn’t sharp, is to a. see if it can be sharpened and b. if not, toss it. Which is what I almost did with this image, when I first saw the raw file from which it came…
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