Cocoa Beach From the Ocean
Looking at Cocoa Beach, Florida, from out in the water at Lori Wilson Park on a beautiful day.
Sometimes it is good to get a different view of things. I have lots of photos of the ocean from standing on the beach. But I do not have as many photos of the beach from standing in the ocean. I do take photos like this from time to time, but not all that often.
A change of perspective can make you see things differently, which is never a bad thing.
Change of Perspective
Sometimes to love one another properly, we have to change our perspective. We can make a judgement from seeing a person in a particular way. But that does not always give us all of the facts.
If we change our perspective to see how they are seeing things, or even seeing themselves, it becomes easier for us to help them, and to love them. That does not always mean we agree with them. And we do not always enable them or support their choices. But sometimes to help people you do have to be able to empathize with them a bit, and that often means seeing things from their perspective, understanding where they are coming from. And then, if necessary, you might have a better idea in which direction to steer them based on where they have been.
Before you turn away someone completely, try to see where they are coming from. It might make a difference.
For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. - Galatians 5:13
About the Photo
Yes, I took my camera out into the ocean to take this photo. Yes, my camera is not waterproof. As you might imagine, I had a firm grip on the camera, as well has having the strap around my neck. And I made sure not to go out far enough that a big wave would come and knock me over. Because that would be bad.
I did go into full-color mode for this photo. That meant increasing the color saturation as much as I could to make it look like the beautiful, sunny day that it was.
That lifeguard hut has appeared in several of my past Cocoa Beach photos - see the Burnsland Archives for more examples.
Photo: A single Raw exposure, processed in Raw Therapee and GIMP.
Camera: Sony Alpha A7 II
Lens: Rokinon 35mm f/1.8
Date: July 24, 2024
Location: Cocoa Beach, Florida
