By Scott Shephard
If you are looking at this on your phone, you are no doubt wondering what this photo is all about given that the focal point is small and dwarfed by the setting. I know that 60% of my blog views occur on mobile devices which makes this a photo that I have to explain. Generally, I count that as a poor photo. Nevertheless, here it is.
I took this at the end of an exceptional mid-October day at Lake Oahe. I was the only person in the campground and there had only been one boat to launch from the nearby boat ramp all day. It’s irrational but when it starts getting dark here and there is a boat trailer still in the parking lot, I worry about people I don’t even know. Did they fall overboard? Are they having engine trouble? Did the lurking monsters of Lake Oahe drag them to the cold, dark depths?
On an evening like this one, when the wind is very light, the sound of a boat under power can be heard for miles. And so I was reassured when this solo boat made its presence known several minutes before it was visible in the fading daylight.
Did they catch their limit? Llike me, were they visiting this place for the last time in 2022? If this was their last day on the water here, they certainly picked a good one.
Canon R5 f/4 1/400 sec 800 ISO