I live there, so I know how hard she works before hand and behind the scenes to make it appear that way once the guests arrive.
I share that same philosophy when it comes to photography.
You capture a moment representative of all that went on.... and you get to delete the mistakes and near misses that it took you to get there.
This pixture is a great example of that.
I took it in shallow water where there was a lot of wave action.... reaching down from the surface.
The Hermit Crab was very co-operative, standing out in the open and posing nicely.... which they often will not do.
But I was bouncing around like an empty cup, caught in the surf line.
That of course, made framing the shot an adventure. But the even bigger challenge was me.... stirring up the sandy bottom and ruining my own visibility.
I bet I shot 20 frames before I had one I liked.
More than once I had to just lay down on the bottom and let the sand that I had stirred up settle.... before it was clear enough for me to shoot again.
Even then.... if you look closely, you can see some sand particles floating in the water, in this shot.
This whole circus must have been hugely entertaining for the Crab.... don't you think?
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