After spending a liberal amount of time, well after sunset, photographing the warm light over Morro Bay, our photo group climbed into our cars and began the 20 minute drive to Montana de Oro State Park, where we were spending the night. As we drove past a little beach near the natural history museum in Morro Bay, my assistant decided to roll down her tinted window and take a better look at the last light over the bay. Suddenly our little caravan braked to a stop, because we could see that the water and the sky were bathed in spectacular color. As the light continued to drop, it appeared that the intense color had faded. However, the camera had no problem picking up the vibrant hues, even though to my eyes the darkenss was almost complete. I didn't notice the great blue heron perched at the back of the nearer boat until I looked at the photo on my computer. Lesson: Don't put the camera away until it's really dark.