The rugged seatacks where dragons are born, Draco’s Isle rises from the sea.  I was drawn to the intense textures of the rocks and decided to create contrast by using an ND filter to smooth out the incoming waves, which had the added benefit of blurring the somewhat boring clouds and giving them more texture. 

This image was captured while working the Out of Chicago Conference in October of 2019. I spent 3 mornings and evenings at this location over the course of a week in an attempt to thoroughly study an area (plus it was really close to the hotel)  I’ll be releasing a Collection of these images in the future!