Whenever I go to shoot a sunset, I always try to head there a few hours before and sometimes I'll spend the whole day checking the area out. The day I took this photo, I couldn’t decide on which side I wanted to be on (lighthouse side or the north pier). So I did both. I am glad I did because while I was on the north pier a darker high level cloud muted the sun so much so that it glowed a yellow. It also made the water look hypnotic. I jumped in my car and headed over to the lighthouse side for another shot and by the time the sun actually set, the sky lit up in pinks and purples.
After a beautiful sunset at Miners Castle, I headed over to Miners Beach. I loved that the lake was so calm and the beach was so empty.
A lovely drive along a back road in the Hiawatha National Forest south of Munising, Michigan. Fall of 2016.
