This work of public art stands adjacent to San Diego’s historic Belmont Park amusement park on the boardwalk at Mission Beach. It is called “Green Flash,” named for a phrase associated with the flash of green that sometimes appears at the very end of a sunset. This translucent sculpture, commissioned by the public arts program of San Diego, was created by sculptor Malcolm Jones. I photograph it early in the morning, as light from the rising sun passes through its acrylic panels. I use a wideangle lens to embrace not only the art work, but the four palm trees and street lamp that stand just behind it, the towering clouds overhead, and the Belmont Park roller-coaster in the background. I abstract the scene by spot-metering on the illuminated panels themselves, simplifying the palm trees, the adjoining building, and the clutter at the base of the sculpture, by throwing them all into shadow.