I made this image while crossing Boston Harbor in a water taxi. A summer storm was moving across the area, yet the setting sun managed to shed its rays through the cloud-laden evening sky just as most threatening clouds arrived. The masts of the world's oldest commissioned naval ship, the USS Constitution, which is permanently docked at the Charleston Navy Yard, are silhouetted against the oncoming storm, adding a sense of place to the scene. The waters before us range from black to blue to golden as the dark clouds sweep in a billowing arc overhead.

I had to work very fast, because this unique evening light would linger for only a matter of seconds before becoming obscured by the storm clouds.