In real life there’s not such a strong demarcation between the different skeins of darker blue between the deeper and shallower waters, and everything is much brighter. Except the whale tail.
Our coastal fog obscures everything except the vivid California poppies, so that’s the effect I was going for. The camera just can’t seem to reconcile the differences. There are three shades of purple lupine in there; I’ll keep trying to get a decent picture.
