This photo really isn’t too exciting to look at. The composition isn’t particularly pleasing, and there is a wooden structure on the left foreground that is ugly. The colors aren’t that great, and the focus isn’t sharp.
The photo is VERY interesting once you realize how much is actually present in the photo, and what it reveals about Clearwater and its beaches.
I am standing at Main beach on Honeymoon Island, looking across Hurricane Pass toward Caladesi Island (number 1 beach in the nation for 2008). There are no buildings other than the concession and the ranger’s house on Caladesi Island. The tall buildings you see are actually several miles away, across St. Joseph Sound, in downtown Clearwater! The buildings look like they are on Caladesi don’t they? The only thing visible on Caladesi Island is the white sand beach and the mostly cabbage palm forest.
